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."
Release: 2023
Rating: 7.415
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
Duration: 124 min
Country: Japan
Production: Studio Ghibli
Soma Santoki
as Mahito Maki (voice)
Masaki Suda
as Gray Heron (voice)
Ko Shibasaki
as Kiriko (voice)
Aimyon
as Lady Himi (voice)
Yoshino Kimura
as Natsuko (voice)
Takuya Kimura
as Shoichi Maki (voice)