The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron is a 2023 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. The film's Japanese title references the 1937 novel How Do You Live? by Genzaburō Yoshino, but is not an adaptation of it. Produced by Studio Ghibli, the film stars the voices of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Kaoru Kobayashi, and Shinobu Otake. It follows a boy named Mahito Maki who moves to the countryside after his mother's death, discovers an abandoned tower near his new home, and enters a fantastical world with a talking grey heron.

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