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The Boy and the Heron

2023 · 2h 4m · Animation · Fantasy · Drama

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

IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
91

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Overview

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

Soma Santoki

Mahito Maki (voice)

Masaki Suda

Masaki Suda

Gray Heron (voice)

Ko Shibasaki

Ko Shibasaki

Kiriko (voice)

Aimyon

Aimyon

Lady Himi (voice)

Yoshino Kimura

Yoshino Kimura

Natsuko (voice)

Takuya Kimura

Takuya Kimura

Shoichi Maki (voice)

Keiko Takeshita

Keiko Takeshita

Izumi (voice)

Jun Fubuki

Jun Fubuki

Utako (voice)

Sawako Agawa

Sawako Agawa

Eriko (voice)

Karen Takizawa

Karen Takizawa

Warawara (voice)

Shinobu Otake

Shinobu Otake

Aiko (voice)

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

The Parakeet King (voice)

Kaoru Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Noble Pelican (voice)

Shōhei Hino

Shōhei Hino

Granduncle (voice)

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Details

Release date
July 14, 2023
Status
Released
Original language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 4m
Rated
PG-13
Budget
$50,000,000
Revenue
$294,200,000
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Drama

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