The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning.
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."
- Released: 2023-07-14
- Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Drama
- Runtime: 2h 4m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10 from 2,825 votes
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Top cast
- Soma Santoki as Mahito Maki (voice)
- Masaki Suda as Gray Heron (voice)
- Ko Shibasaki as Kiriko (voice)
- Aimyon as Lady Himi (voice)
- Yoshino Kimura as Natsuko (voice)
- Takuya Kimura as Shoichi Maki (voice)
- Keiko Takeshita as Izumi (voice)
- Jun Fubuki as Utako (voice)
- Sawako Agawa as Eriko (voice)
- Karen Takizawa as Warawara (voice)
Where to watch The Boy and the Heron
- United States: stream on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
- India: stream on Netflix; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- Canada: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube
- Australia: stream on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Fetch TV
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