

The Boy and the Heron
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- Fantasy
- Drama
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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Wide release in United States · Rated PG-13
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Soma SantokiMahito Maki (voice)
Masaki SudaGray Heron (voice)
Ko ShibasakiKiriko (voice)
AimyonLady Himi (voice)
Yoshino KimuraNatsuko (voice)
Takuya KimuraShoichi Maki (voice)
Keiko TakeshitaIzumi (voice)
Jun FubukiUtako (voice)
Sawako AgawaEriko (voice)
Karen TakizawaWarawara (voice)
Shinobu OtakeAiko (voice)
Jun KunimuraThe Parakeet King (voice)
Kaoru KobayashiNoble Pelican (voice)
Shōhei HinoGranduncle (voice)

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