The Boy and the Heron (2023)

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The Boy and the Heron
Duration
2h 04m
Release Year
2023
Genre
Animation
Starring
Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki

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

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.”

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Additional Info

Release Date: December 8, 2023

Rating: PG-13

Original Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Original Title: 君たちはどう生きるか

Original Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Camera: N/A

Cinematographic Process: Digital (2K) (source format) · Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format) · Dolby Vision

Example of the Original Sound Mix: Dolby Digital · IMAX 6-Track · Dolby Atmos · DTS:X

HDR Analysis

Max Mastering Display Brightness: 1000 nits

Min Mastering Display Black Level: 0.0001 nits

PEAK BRIGHTNESS: 982 nits

AVERAGE BRIGHTNESS: 287 nits

COLOR SPACE: BT.2020

HDR Tier

Limited HDR Range

Real Age Rating

10+

Parental Guidance Available?

Featured Review

Highlights: ‘While this dream-like warble of a swan song may be too pitchy and scattered to hit with the gale-force power that made “The Wind Rises” feel like such a definitive farewell, The Boy and the Heron finds Miyazaki so nakedly bidding adieu — to us, and to the crumbling kingdom of dreams and madness that he’ll soon leave behind — that it somehow resolves into an even more fitting goodbye, one graced with the divine awe and heart-stopping wistfulness of watching a true immortal make peace with their own death.’ – IndieWire

 

Critics

Rotten Tomatoes (Tomatometer®)

97% of Positive Reviews

 

Metacritic

91

Audience

Rotten Tomatoes (Users)

88% rated this 3.5 stars or higher

 

IMDb

7.5

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