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The Boy and the Heron

Original title: 君たちはどう生きるか
July 14, 2023 |
2hr 4min |
2hr 4min
July 14, 2023

Storyline

Through encounters with his friends and uncle, follows a teenage boy’s psychological development. He enters a magical world with a talking grey heron after finding an abandoned tower in his new town.

The Boy and the Heron Movie Cast & Character

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Soma Santoki
Mahito Maki
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Masaki Suda
The Grey Heron
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Aimyon
Himi
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Yoshino Kimura
Natsuko
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Shōhei Hino
The Great-Uncle
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Ko Shibasaki
Kiriko
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Takuya Kimura
Shoichi Maki, Mahito's father
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Kaoru Kobayashi
Dying Pelican
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Keiko Takeshita
Maid #1
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Jun Fubuki
Maid #2
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Sawako Agawa
Maid #3
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Karen Takizawa
Maid #4
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Shinobu Otake
Maid #5
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Jun Kunimura
The Parakeet King

The Boy and the Heron Movie Crew

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Storyline

Through encounters with his friends and uncle, follows a teenage boy’s psychological development. He enters a magical world with a talking grey heron after finding an abandoned tower in his new town.

The Boy and the Heron Movie Details

Also known as: Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka
Status: released
Theatrical Release Date: July 14, 2023
Worldwide Collection: US$83.3 million

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About The Boy and the Heron Movie

    • The film is inspired by the 1937 novel of the same name by Genzaburo Yoshino, but has an original story that is not a direct adaptation of the novel.

    • It will be Hayao Miyazaki’s final film and is intended to be his parting gift to his grandson.

    • The film was released without any traditional marketing campaign, with no trailers nor promotional stills of the film released before its premiere with the exception of a single poster.

    • Hayao Miyazaki started working on the film in 2016 without receiving an official green light.

    • In a late 2019 interview with NHK, Miyazaki stated that the film is not to be expected anytime soon; he said that in his younger age, he used to produce 10 minutes of animation every month, but now his speed was reduced to 1 minute per month.

    • Hayao Miyazaki originally hoped to finish and release the film in the summer of 2020 to coincide with the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan; which were eventually postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • The Boy and the Heron was theatrically released in Japan on July 14, 2023, by Toho, and was screened in both traditional theaters and other premium formats such as IMAX.

    • In Japan, The Boy and the Heron grossed $13.2 million (1.83 billion yen) in its opening weekend, becoming the biggest opening in Studio Ghibli’s history and surpassing Howl’s Moving Castle’s 1.48 billion yen debut in 2004. The film earned $1.7 million from 44 IMAX screens, setting a new 3-day record.

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