The Boy and the Heron
君たちはどう生きるか
“ Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning. ”
CINEMA2023-07-14
DIGITAL2024-06-25
RegionJP
Runtime124 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“A late-career meditation on loss, memory, inheritance, and choice that revisits many of Miyazaki's lifelong themes.”
Storyline
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 her
DIRECTOR / DirectorTOPIC
宫崎骏
KEYWORDS
loss of loved oneworld war iisupernaturaleducationcoming of agespiritualitypovertyteenage boyparallel worldtroubled childhoodsemi autobiographicalbased on mythslegends or folkloremoving to a city1940simaginativehand drawn animationmagic worldcouragesuspensefulmagical realism
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The Animated Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki
Armed with pure brushstrokes of innocence, he built a sacred dreamland against modern absurdity.
A late-career meditation on loss, memory, inheritance, and choice that revisits many of Miyazaki's lifelong themes.
