The Boy and the Heron

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."

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama

Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura

Crew: Toshiyuki Inoue (Key Animation), Yoshimi Itazu (Key Animation), Ai Takashi (Key Animation), Hideki Hamasu (Key Animation), Kiyofumi Nakajima (Executive Producer), Atsuko Fukushima (Key Animation)

Country: Japan

Language: 日本語

Studio: Studio Ghibli

Runtime: 124 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Jul 14, 2023

IMDb: 3.529

Keywords:loss of loved one, world war ii, education, coming of age, spirituality, poverty, teenage boy, troubled childhood, semi autobiographical, moving to a city, anime, hand drawn animation, magic world, animation, courage, absurd

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