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."
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
Stars: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura
Crew: Toshiyuki Inoue (Key Animation), Hideki Hamasu (Key Animation), Ai Takashi (Key Animation), Yoshimi Itazu (Key Animation), Kiyofumi Nakajima (Executive Producer), Atsuko Fukushima (Key Animation)
Country: Japan
Language: 日本語
Studio: Studio Ghibli
Runtime: 124 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 14, 2023
IMDb: 3.5
