The Boy and the Heron
Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka / How Do You Live? / Il ragazzo e l’airone / Chłopiec i czapla / Le Garçon et le Héron / Gutten og hegren / Pojken och hägern / Poika ja haikara / El chico y la garza / El niño y la garza / Der Junge und der Reiher / เด็กชายกับนกกระสา / 그대들은 어떻게 살 것인가 / הילד והאנפה / O Menino e a Garça / Drengen og hejrenSummary
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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Details
- Format
- Movie
- Number of Episodes
- 1
- Length
- 124 min
- Season
- Summer 2023
- Start date
- July 14, 2023
- End date
- July 14, 2023
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Original
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Studio Ghibli
- Romaji title
- Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka
- English title
- The Boy and the Heron
- Native title
- 君たちはどう生きるか
- Other titles
- How Do You Live? · Il ragazzo e l’airone · Chłopiec i czapla · Le Garçon et le Héron · Gutten og hegren · Pojken och hägern · Poika ja haikara · El chico y la garza · El niño y la garza · Der Junge und der Reiher · เด็กชายกับนกกระสา · 그대들은 어떻게 살 것인가 · הילד והאנפה · O Menino e a Garça · Drengen og hejren
Characters 14
Main characters
- Mahito Maki牧眞人Main
- Aosagi青サギMain
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- HimiヒミSupporting
- Natsuko夏子Supporting
- Shouichi正一Supporting
- KirikoキリコSupporting
- Rou Pelican老ペリカンSupporting
- Inko Daiouインコ大王Supporting
- IzumiいずみSupporting
- UtakoうたこSupporting
- AikoあいこSupporting
- Oooji大伯父Supporting
- ErikoえりこSupporting
- WarawaraワラワラSupporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Hayao MiyazakiDirector
- Joe HisaishiMusic
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- Toshio SuzukiProducer
- Takeshi HondaAnimation Director
- Kenshi YonezuTheme Song Performance
- Akihiko YamashitaKey Animation
- Takayuki HamadaKey Animation
- Takeshi InamuraKey Animation
- Katsuya KondouKey Animation
- Toshiyuki InoueKey Animation
- Atsuko FukushimaKey Animation
- Kitarou KousakaKey Animation
- Michiyo SuzukiKey Animation
- Atsuko TanakaKey Animation
- Ai TakashiKey Animation
- Shinya OohiraKey Animation
- Eiji YamamoriKey Animation
- Hideki HamasuKey Animation
- Yoshimi ItazuKey Animation
- Megumi KagawaKey Animation
- Susumu MitsunakaKey Animation
- Yuuga TokunoKey Animation
- Kiyotaka OshiyamaKey Animation
- Yoshimichi KamedaKey Animation
- Hiroomi YamakawaKey Animation