Overview - The Boy and the Heron

Date of release

Genres

  • Animation
  • Fantasy
  • Drama

Runtime: 124 minutes

Homepage: The Boy and the Heron

Budget

$50,000,000.00

Revenue

$294,200,000.00

Spoken Languages

  • 日本語

Production companies

  • Name: Studio Ghibli

    Production country Japan

Overview

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."

Cast

  • Name: Soma Santoki

    Character: Mahito Maki (voice)

    Popularity: 0.731

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  • Name: Masaki Suda

    Character: Gray Heron (voice)

    Popularity: 1.5617

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  • Name: Ko Shibasaki

    Character: Kiriko (voice)

    Popularity: 3.1275

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  • Name: Aimyon

    Character: Lady Himi (voice)

    Popularity: 0.4998

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  • Name: Yoshino Kimura

    Character: Natsuko (voice)

    Popularity: 1.0697

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  • Name: Takuya Kimura

    Character: Shoichi Maki (voice)

    Popularity: 2.2698

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  • Name: Keiko Takeshita

    Character: Izumi (voice)

    Popularity: 0.8794

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  • Name: Jun Fubuki

    Character: Utako (voice)

    Popularity: 1.1443

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