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* Must See
‘The Boy and the Heron’ sees legendary animation Master Hayao Miyazaki back on fantastical form.
The new animated movie from Studio Ghibli is about a young boy dealing with grief and change.When you see the names Studio Ghibli and especially company boss/master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki attached to a film, it tends t...
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About
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."
Theatrical
Dec 8, 2023
Digital
Jun 25, 2024
Box Office
$294.2M
Budget
$50.0M
Return
5.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Jul 9, 2024
Theaters
11
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Writer
Hayao Miyazaki
Producers
Kiyofumi Nakajima, Goro Miyazaki, Yoshiaki Nishimura
Music
Joe Hisaishi
Studio
Studio Ghibli
Original Title
君たちはどう生きるか
Original Language
Japanese
Themes
Cast
Full credits →S
Soma Santoki
Mahito Maki (voice)
M
Masaki Suda
Gray Heron (voice)
K
Ko Shibasaki
Kiriko (voice)
A
Aimyon
Lady Himi (voice)
Y
Yoshino Kimura
Natsuko (voice)
T
Takuya Kimura
Shoichi Maki (voice)
K
Keiko Takeshita
Izumi (voice)
J
Jun Fubuki
Utako (voice)
S
Sawako Agawa
Eriko (voice)
K
Karen Takizawa
Warawara (voice)
S
Shinobu Otake
Aiko (voice)
J
Jun Kunimura
The Parakeet King (voice)
K
Kaoru Kobayashi
Noble Pelican (voice)
S
Shōhei Hino
Granduncle (voice)
