The Boy and the Heron (2023)

Not under 9

Reason:Fear

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Plot

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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Trailer Introduction Trailer Official Teaser Trailer [Subtitled] Trailer Official English Trailer Trailer The Final Teaser Trailer Official Trailer 2 Trailer Coming Soon to 4K Blu-ray & Digital! Featurette Guillermo del Toro on Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron Featurette Kenshi Yonezu & Masaki Suda on working with Hayao Miyazaki [Subtitled] Featurette Hayao Miyazaki's THE BOY AND THE HERON is a Staggering Work of Imagination | TIFF 2023 Featurette Joe Hisaishi on the Piano Featurette 'The Boy and the Heron' | Scene at The Academy Featurette Toshio Suzuki on Hayao Miyazaki & the Future of Animation [Subtitled] Featurette Joe Hisaishi Conducts "The Last Smile" Featurette On 4K Steelbook, 4K/Blu-ray & Blu-ray/DVD Clip Official Clip - Flight of the Warawara Clip Mahito Meets The Warawara

Cast

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)

Jun KunimuraThe Parakeet King (voice)

Writers and directors

Hayao MiyazakiDirector

Other films by the same director

The Wind Rises2013

Gake no ue no Ponyo2008

Howl's Moving Castle2004

Spirited Away2001

Princess Mononoke1997

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Manuel São Bento ★ 6.0/10

MORE SPOILER-FREE MINI-REVIEWS @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/mini-reviews-2023-edition THE BOY AND THE HERON is a visually captivating film that struggles to balance all of its storyli…27. Oct 2023

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

Maybe it's sacrilegious to say, but I didn't love this latest from the marvellously imaginative mind of Hayao Miyazaki. It follows the adventures of "Mahito" who arrives at the home of his factory-own…30. Dec 2023

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Chandler Danier ★ 8.0/10

Good little adventure for this young man who... has a bit of a strange situation with his dad. What a crazy bugger his dad is and what kind of family dynamic is going on? Is the younger sister pregnan…3. Jul 2024

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