The Boy and the Heron (2023)
2h 4min
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Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.
Themes:The Human ConditionMoral AmbiguityComing Of AgeSupernatural IntrigueGriefLoss Of InnocenceIdentity CrisisFamily BondsDiscover Similar ThemesMood:PoignantYearningIntenseSentimentalIntriguingMysteriousMelancholicReflectiveUnsettlingThought-ProvokingHauntingDiscover Similar Mood
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."
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Directed by: Kazuyoshi Katayama, Chihiro Okada, Koji Kasamatsu
Written by: Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by: Kiyofumi Nakajima, Goro Miyazaki, Yoshiaki Nishimura
Composed by: Joe Hisaishi
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