The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Rating: 7.4/10
Duration: 124 min
Genres: Drama, Family, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy,
Director(s): Hayao Miyazaki,
Description:
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."
Cast
- Jun Kunimura as The Parakeet King (voice)
- Ko Shibasaki as Kiriko (voice)
- Shinobu Otake as Aiko (voice)
- Masaki Suda as Gray Heron (voice)
- Kaoru Kobayashi as Noble Pelican (voice)
- Takuya Kimura as Shoichi Maki (voice)
- Jun Fubuki as Utako (voice)
- Keiko Takeshita as Izumi (voice)
- Yoshino Kimura as Natsuko (voice)
- Soma Santoki as Mahito Maki (voice)
- Aimyon as Lady Himi (voice)
- Sawako Agawa as Eriko (voice)
- Karen Takizawa as Warawara (voice)
- Shōhei Hino as Granduncle (voice)