Animation Adventure Fantasy Family Drama
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."
Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki
Takuya Kimura
Shoichi Maki (voice)
Masaki Suda
Gray Heron (voice)
Ko Shibasaki
Kiriko (voice)
Jun Fubuki
Utako (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Izumi (voice)
Jun Kunimura
The Parakeet King (voice)
Yoshino Kimura
Natsuko (voice)
Karen Takizawa
Warawara (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi
Noble Pelican (voice)
Yumiko Mihara
Shinobu Otake
Aiko (voice)
Sawako Agawa
Eriko (voice)
Shōhei Hino
Granduncle (voice)
Soma Santoki
Mahito Maki (voice)

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