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The Boy and the Heron

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

7.5 average rating
7.5
Japanese / 124 MIN. / 2023

The Genres

The Synopsis

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."

The Cast

Soma SantokiMasaki SudaKo ShibasakiAimyonYoshino KimuraTakuya KimuraKeiko TakeshitaJun FubukiSawako AgawaKaren TakizawaShinobu OtakeJun KunimuraKaoru Kobayashi

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