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

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