The Boy and the Heron (2023)
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."
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $50,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $294,200,000.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 91.373 |
Directed By
Hayao Miyazaki
Crew
Toshiyuki Inoue
Hideki Hamasu
Ai Takashi
Yoshimi Itazu
Kiyofumi Nakajima
Atsuko Fukushima
Yuuga Tokuno
Atsuko Tanaka
Hiroomi Yamakawa
Susumu Mitsunaka
Takeshi Inamura
Eiji Yamamori
Takayuki Hamada
Atsuko Otani
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Goro Miyazaki
Minori Takayama
Chihiro Okada
Rie Matsubara
Mika Yamaguchi
Yui Onodera
Yumi Handa
Yoichi Nishikawa
Nanako Yagi
Kosuke Hayashi
Saki Kurobe
Koji Kasamatsu
Ai Omori
Koji Kasamatsu
Kanako Takayanagi
Kazuo Oga
Yumi Ishii
Takeshi Seyama
Akane Shiraishi
Fumiko Numahata
Ayahi Shimomura
Shintarou Nakazawa
Junji Yabuta
Noboru Yoshida
Yoshiaki Nishimura
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
Noboru Yoshida
Takeshi Honda
Koji Hoshino
Yoji Takeshige
Hayao Miyazaki
Atsushi Okui
Hayao Miyazaki
Toshio Suzuki
Takeshi Honda
Kenshi Yonezu
Michiyo Suzuki
Megumi Kagawa
Yoshimichi Kameda
Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Ei Inoue
Masashi Ando
Akihiko Yamashita
Shinya Ohira
Katsuya Kondo
Shinji Otsuka
Kitaro Kosaka
Joe Hisaishi
TOP CAST
Soma Santoki
Mahito Maki (voice)
Masaki Suda
Gray Heron (voice)
Ko Shibasaki
Kiriko (voice)
Aimyon
Lady Himi (voice)
Yoshino Kimura
Natsuko (voice)
Takuya Kimura
Shoichi Maki (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Izumi (voice)
Jun Fubuki
Utako (voice)
Sawako Agawa
Eriko (voice)
Karen Takizawa
Warawara (voice)
Shinobu Ôtake
Aiko (voice)
Jun Kunimura
The Parakeet King (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi
Noble Pelican (voice)
Shōhei Hino
Granduncle (voice)
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