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

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