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The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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
The Boy and the Heron
PG-13
Animation
Adventure
Drama

Runtime
2hr 5min
Main Genre
Animation
Release Date
December 8, 2023
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Franchise
Studio Ghibli

Summary

A young boy named Mahito, yearning for his mother, ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

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