The Boy and the Heron

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Synopsis

Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.

While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother's tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy's mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the "long-awaited one."

Trailer

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Official Trailer 2 · YouTube

Cast

• Soma SantokiMahito Maki (voice)
• Masaki SudaGray Heron (voice)
• Ko ShibasakiKiriko (voice)
• AimyonLady Himi (voice)
• Yoshino KimuraNatsuko (voice)
• Takuya KimuraShoichi Maki (voice)
• Keiko TakeshitaIzumi (voice)
• Jun FubukiUtako (voice)
• Sawako AgawaEriko (voice)
• Karen TakizawaWarawara (voice)
• Shinobu OtakeAiko (voice)
• Jun KunimuraThe Parakeet King (voice)
• Kaoru KobayashiNoble Pelican (voice)
• Shōhei HinoGranduncle (voice)

Details

Release date

July 14, 2023

Budget

$50M

Box office

$294.2M

Production

Studio Ghibli

Country

Japan

Languages

Japanese

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