Title: The Boy and the Heron
Tagline: Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.
Genre: Animation,Adventure,Fantasy,Family,Drama
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Soma Santoki,Masaki Suda,Ko Shibasaki,Aimyon,Yoshino Kimura,Takuya Kimura,Keiko Takeshita,Jun Fubuki,Sawako Agawa,Karen Takizawa,Shinobu Ôtake,Jun Kunimura,Kaoru Kobayashi,Shōhei Hino
Status: Released
Release: Jul 14, 2023
Runtime: 124
Plot: 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."
