Soma Santoki
as Mahito Maki
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Description
The anime film The Boy and the Heron [English], starring Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, etc., directed by an unlisted director, was released on December 8, 2023 in Japan. It tells the story of In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy ventures into a dreamlike world shared by the living and the dead in search of his missing stepmother. This is an Anime, Adventure, Drama film with a runtime of 124 minutes and its worldwide box office is not listed in the available detail data. It has received a rating of 7.3/10 from 122,973 viewers.
Top Cast
Masaki Suda
as The Grey Heron
Ko Shibasaki
as Kiriko
Aimyon
as Himi
Yoshino Kimura
as Natsuko
Takuya Kimura
as Shoichi Maki
Keiko Takeshita
as Maid #1
Jun Fubuki
as Maid #2
Sawako Agawa
as Maid #3
Karen Takizawa
as Wara Wara
Shinobu Ôtake
as Maid #4
Jun Kunimura
as The Parakeet King
Kaoru Kobayashi
as Old Pelican
Shôhei Hino
as Great-Uncle
Nami Uehara
as Additional Voice
Kiyoko Nishimura
as Additional Voice
Ryunosuke Watanuki
as Additional Voice
Takuya Yagyu
as Additional Voice
Where to Watch
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Filming Location
127A Smithfield Road, Frederiksted, Virgin Islands
Production
Castle Rock Entertainment
Award
21 wins & 43 nominations total
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User Review
I love him Mahito 🥀
Good movie!
Good movie!
Good movie!
nice
Good movie!
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