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The Boy and the Heron was theatrically released in Japan on July 14, 2023, by Toho, and was screened in both traditional theaters and other premium formats such as IMAX. The release was noted for its intentional absence of any promotion, with Ghibli choosing not to release any trailers, images, synopsis, or casting details of the film in advance of its Japanese premiere except a single poster.
Sep 18, 2024 · The Boy and the Heron tells the tale of a young boy, Mahito, who travels to the country with his father after his mother is killed in a hospital fire during the Pacific War. His father remarries his late wife's sister, Natsuko, but Mahito struggles to adjust after losing his mother. While living on Natsuko's estate, Mahito meets a talking heron ...
- Lauren Rouse
- Writer
- Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan
Sep 8, 2023 · The Boy and the Heron, the 82-year-old Miyazaki's first film in a decade, amounts to a summing up of many strands of his long career, with a magical castle, forays into the spirit world and the ...
The Boy and the Heron: Directed by Hayao Miyazaki. With Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon. In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy named Mahito ventures into a dreamlike world shared by both the living and the dead.
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- Animation, Adventure, Drama
- Hayao Miyazaki
- 2023-12-08
When Mahito's new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron ...
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- Hayao Miyazaki
- PG-13
- Studio Ghibli
Dec 9, 2023 · That movie, The Boy and the Heron, is a moralistic fable six years in the making, inspired by a once-banned book — but telling a completely different story. Meanwhile, the book in question was a ...
Sep 8, 2024 · The Boy and the Heron is an animated masterpiece set in Japan during the war. The story unfolds when Mahito, a boy who lost his mother in a fire, moves from Tokyo to the countryside where his mother’s family lives and is lured into a mysterious world where life and death are intertwined by a talking heron, the seven old women who live in the house among other fascinating characters.
