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

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