The Boy and the Heron

君たちはどう生きるか

Director

Hayao Miyazaki

Runtime

124 min

Release date

27 October 2023

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

Genres

Animation, 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."