The Boy and the Heron

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.” In Japanese with English subtitles.

125 minutes.
Parental Guidance 7-9 (Violence).
Adventure, Animated, Drama, Family, Fantasy.

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Credits

Cast	Voices of Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura.
Director	Hayao Miyazaki
Screenplay	Hayao Miyazaki
Music	Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography	Atsushi Okui
Editing	Rie Matsubara, Takeshi Seyama, Akane Shiraishi
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, DTS, Dolby Atmos
Made in	2023
Produced by	Studio Ghibli, Toho Company

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Animated
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None (sic)
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for some violent content/bloody images and smoking.
Runtime	124
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

12A: Suitable for 12 years and older	Moderate threat, Bloody images, Brief self-harm
Runtime	124
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 10 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 55 critics	18
Rottentomatoes critics 251 critics	17
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Soulfully exploring thought-provoking themes through a beautifully animated lens, The Boy and the Heron is another Miyazaki masterpiece.	19
CommonSenseMedia Tara McNamara Breathtaking personal story has self-harm, smoking.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 236 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 1000+ users	17
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	18
The Movie DB Community	15
Average .. 84%	17

Trailer

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