The Boy and the Heron poster
  • Year: 2023
  • Running time: 2h 4m
  • Rated: PG-13
  • Genre: Adventure, Drama, Animation
  • US release: 8 December 2023
  • Premiere: 14 July 2023
  • Official website
  • IMDb

The Boy and the Heron

Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

An official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and New York Film Festival (NYFF) Follow @GKIDSFilms for more updates!

A young boy named Mahito

yearning for his mother

ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead.

There, death comes to an end,

and life finds a new beginning.

A semi-autobiographical fantasy

about life, death, and creation,

in tribute to friendship,

from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

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Cast

Soma SantokiMahito Maki (voice)
Masaki SudaThe Grey Heron (voice)
Kô ShibasakiKiriko (voice) (as Kou Shibasaki)
AimyonLady Himi (voice)
Yoshino KimuraNatsuko (voice)
Takuya KimuraShoichi Maki (voice)
Keiko TakeshitaIzumi (voice)
Jun FubukiUtako (voice)
Sawako AgawaEriko (voice)
Karen TakizawaWarawara (voice)

Crew

Hayao MiyazakiWriter, Director, Screenplay
Atsushi OkuiDirector of Photography
Joe HisaishiComposer

Studios: Studio Ghibli

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