The Boy and the Heron

Name: The Boy and the Heron
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Drama
Released: 2023
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura

Movie 2023-07-14 2h 4m Animation Fantasy Drama Academy Awards 1 Golden Globe Awards 2 BAFTA Awards 2 Ōfuji Noburō Award 1 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film 1 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Animated Film 1 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Film 1

★ 7.4 / 10 · 2,722 votes

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."

Status

Released

2023-07-14

Runtime

2h 4m

Box office

$294,200,000

Studio

Studio Ghibli

Country

Japan

Language