THE BOY AND THE HERON

Synopsis

Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film in 10 years, The Boy and the Heron is a hand-drawn, original story written and directed by the Academy Award-winning director. 

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.”

The English cast includes Christian Bale, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh, Willem Dafoe, and Mark Hamill. Full list of both English and Japanese casts here (The Little will screen both versions).