Film2023124 min

The Boy and the Heron

Name: The Boy and the Heron
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Released: 2023
Duration: 124 min
Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura

Taste attributes: adventureanimationdramafamilyfantasyhistoricalteenheavyimaginarylinearbig & variedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeance

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"Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning."

Boxlist takeExpect an otherworldly, moving animated family film, big and varied rather than confined. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

Taste details

Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

Quality rating

7.5 /10

TMDB · 1,992 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

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."

Synopsis: TMDB