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Animation / Fantasy / Drama

The Boy and the Heron

How do you live?

20232h 4mPG-13 7.4/ 10

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."

Cast

  • Soma SantokiMahito Maki (voice)
  • Masaki SudaGray Heron (voice)
  • Ko ShibasakiKiriko (voice)
  • AimyonLady Himi (voice)
  • Yoshino KimuraNatsuko (voice)
  • Takuya KimuraShoichi Maki (voice)
  • Keiko TakeshitaIzumi (voice)
  • Jun FubukiUtako (voice)
  • Sawako AgawaEriko (voice)
  • Karen TakizawaWarawara (voice)
  • Shinobu OtakeAiko (voice)
  • Jun KunimuraThe Parakeet King (voice)
  • Kaoru KobayashiNoble Pelican (voice)
  • Shōhei HinoGranduncle (voice)

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