Winner, Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film
This English-dubbed version of the dream-like fantasy from Academy Award-winner Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli features an all-star cast, including Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh. After Mahito loses his mother in a fire, he moves with his father to the countryside. He soon befriends a pesky heron who claims his mother is alive and leads him to an abandoned tower in the woods. There they discover an alternate, magical world that reveals his mother’s secret.
“The Boy and the Heron is a literal work of art. Cryptic as it can be, you leave reminded that life can be wonderful, but only sometimes, and often in the most unlikely ways.” — Danny Leigh, The Financial Times (UK)
“Don’t call it a comeback — or another retirement. Do call it an astonishing, sumptuous animated fantasy featuring everything you love about one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.” — Ben Travis, Empire Magazine
directed by
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
written by
Hayao Miyazaki
Hayao Miyazaki
with
Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh
Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh
language
English Dub
English Dub
country
Japan
Japan