The Boy and the Heron 7.503/10
Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.Year of Release: 2023 | Runtime: 02:04 Hrs.
Animation Adventure Fantasy
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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Budget $50,000,000 Revenue $294,200,000
Soma Santoki
Masaki Suda
Ko Shibasaki
Aimyon
Yoshino Kimura
Takuya Kimura
Keiko Takeshita
Jun Fubuki
Sawako Agawa
Karen Takizawa
Shinobu Otake
Jun Kunimura
Kaoru Kobayashi
Shōhei Hino
Toshio Suzuki
Hayao Miyazaki
Joe Hisaishi
Toshiyuki Inoue
Hayao Miyazaki
Koji Hoshino
Yoji Takeshige
Noboru Yoshida
Takeshi Honda
Atsushi Okui
Takeshi Honda
Kenshi Yonezu
Akihiko Yamashita
Shinji Otsuka
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Ei Inoue
Michiyo Suzuki
Yoshimichi Kameda
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Shinya Ohira
Masashi Ando
Megumi Kagawa
Katsuya Kondo
Kitarou Kousaka
Hideki Hamasu
Ai Takashi
Yoshimi Itazu
Atsuko Fukushima
Atsuko Otani
Atsuko Tanaka
Eiji Yamamori
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Susumu Mitsunaka
Takayuki Hamada
Takeshi Inamura
Yuuga Tokuno
Kiyofumi Nakajima
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Goro Miyazaki
Yumi Handa
Koji Kasamatsu
Mika Yamaguchi
Takeshi Seyama
Akane Shiraishi
Rie Matsubara
Koji Kasamatsu
Junji Yabuta
Fumiko Numahata
Kanako Takayanagi
Noboru Yoshida
Kazuo Oga
Yoichi Nishikawa
Yumi Ishii
Minori Takayama
Yui Onodera
Kosuke Hayashi
Ai Omori
Ayahi Shimomura
Saki Kurobe
Nanako Yagi
Shintarou Nakazawa
Chihiro Okada
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Hayao Miyazaki