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The Boy and the Heron

Original title: 君たちはどう生きるか

How do you live?

2023 · PG-13 · 2h 4m

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

7.4

TMDB audience score
2,904 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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."

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Cast

  • Soma Santoki
    Mahito Maki (voice)

  • Masaki Suda
    Gray Heron (voice)

  • Ko Shibasaki
    Kiriko (voice)

  • Aimyon
    Lady Himi (voice)

  • Yoshino Kimura
    Natsuko (voice)

  • Takuya Kimura
    Shoichi Maki (voice)

  • Keiko Takeshita
    Izumi (voice)

  • Jun Fubuki
    Utako (voice)

  • Sawako Agawa
    Eriko (voice)

  • Karen Takizawa
    Warawara (voice)

  • Shinobu Otake
    Aiko (voice)

  • Jun Kunimura
    The Parakeet King (voice)

  • Kaoru Kobayashi
    Noble Pelican (voice)

  • Shōhei Hino
    Granduncle (voice)