
2h 04m
2023
Animation
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.”
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+
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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