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.”
- Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
- Release:
- Stars: Aimyon, Ko Shibasaki, Masaki Suda, Soma Santoki, Takuya Kimura, Yoshino Kimura
- Duration: 124 min
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Country: JP
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