A Glean movie pick

The Boy and the Heron

Name: The Boy and the Heron
Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Released: 2023-07-14
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 7.4
Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura

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

2023
2h 4m
Animation
Adventure
Fantasy
★ 7.4

Directed by Hayao Miyazaki

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The story

About The Boy and the Heron

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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