The Boy and the Heron (2023)
君たちはどう生きるか
"Where death comes to an end, life finds a new beginning."
Critics Score
🎬 94%
(RT: 96%, MC: 91) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Soma Santoki as Mahito Maki (voice)
Masaki Suda as Gray Heron (voice)
Aimyon as Lady Himi (voice)
Yoshino Kimura as Natsuko (voice)
Keiko Takeshita as Izumi (voice)
Is The Boy and the Heron good?
Yes. 88% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 94%.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
Overview
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." Wikipedia ↗
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