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)
Yoshino Kimura
Natsuko (voice)
Jun Fubuki
Utako (voice)
Jun Kunimura
The Parakeet King (voice)
Keiko Takeshita
Izumi (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi
Noble Pelican (voice)
Karen Takizawa
Warawara (voice)
Yumiko Mihara
Shōhei Hino
Granduncle (voice)
Sawako Agawa
Eriko (voice)
Shinobu Otake
Aiko (voice)
Soma Santoki
Mahito Maki (voice)

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