The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Movie Details

Original Title 君たちはどう生きるか

Original Language JA

Budget $50,000,000

Revenue $294,200,000

Status Released

Popularity 10.9

Cast

Soma Santoki

Mahito Maki (voice)

Popularity: 2.8

Masaki Suda

Gray Heron (voice)

Popularity: 2.6

Ko Shibasaki

Kiriko (voice)

Popularity: 3.2

Aimyon

Lady Himi (voice)

Popularity: 1.6

Yoshino Kimura

Natsuko (voice)

Popularity: 2.3

Takuya Kimura

Shoichi Maki (voice)

Popularity: 3.2

Keiko Takeshita

Izumi (voice)

Popularity: 1.9

Jun Fubuki

Utako (voice)

Popularity: 2.6

Sawako Agawa

Eriko (voice)

Popularity: 1.3

Karen Takizawa

Warawara (voice)

Popularity: 1.6

Shinobu Otake

Aiko (voice)

Popularity: 2.1

Jun Kunimura

The Parakeet King (voice)

Popularity: 2.4

Key Crew

Executive Producer Kiyofumi Nakajima, Goro Miyazaki, Koji Hoshino

Editor Takeshi Seyama, Akane Shiraishi, Rie Matsubara

Writer Hayao Miyazaki

Director Hayao Miyazaki

Producer Toshio Suzuki

Production

Studio Ghibli

Videos & Trailers

Mahito Meets The Warawara

Clip

Official Clip - Flight of the Warawara

Clip

On 4K Steelbook, 4K/Blu-ray & Blu-ray/DVD

Featurette

Coming Soon to 4K Blu-ray & Digital!

Teaser

Official Trailer 2

Trailer

Joe Hisaishi Conducts "The Last Smile"

Behind the Scenes

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

loss of loved one world war ii education coming of age spirituality poverty teenage boy troubled childhood semi autobiographical moving to a city anime hand drawn animation magic world animation courage suspenseful

Reviews from TMDB

Manuel São Bento 6/10

Oct 27, 2023

MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2023-edition THE BOY AND THE HERON is a visually captivating film that struggles to balance all of its storylines and themes. Technically, no faults. The visuals are nothing short of breathtaking, with each sho ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Dec 30, 2023

Maybe it's sacrilegious to say, but I didn't love this latest from the marvellously imaginative mind of Hayao Miyazaki. It follows the adventures of "Mahito" who arrives at the home of his factory-owning father amidst WWII. We appreciate quickly that his mother has died and that he is to have a new, ... Read more

Chandler Danier 8/10

Jul 3, 2024

Good little adventure for this young man who... has a bit of a strange situation with his dad. What a crazy bugger his dad is and what kind of family dynamic is going on? Is the younger sister pregnant with the dad's kid? Maybe it's cultural and I'm not sure why the old man changes intention so quic ... Read more