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The Boy and the Heron

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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."

Year: 2023

Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama

Studio: Studio Ghibli

Director: Hayao Miyazaki

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

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

Runtime: 124 minutes

Release: Jul 14, 2023

IMDb: 7.50/10 by 1,655 users

Popularity: 96

Country: Japan

Language: 日本語

Budget: 50,000,000

Revenue: 294,200,000

Keyword : 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, earnest