The Boy and the Heron
Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.
Film20232h 4mReleased
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- Director
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Language
- Japanese
- Released
- 2023-07-14
- Runtime
- 2h 4m
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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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