Directed by:
Hayao MiyazakiScreenplay:
Hayao MiyazakiCinematography:
Atsushi OkuiComposer:
Joe HisaishiCast:
Soma Santoki, Takuya Kimura, Jun Fubuki, Jun Kunimura, 小林薫, Karen Takizawa, Keiko Takeshita, Kō Shibasaki, 菅田将暉, Sawako Agawa, Shinobu Otake, Shôhei Hino (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki. (Sony Pictures Releasing)
Cast
Soma Santoki
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Cube (2021)
![Takuya Kimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/924/164924217_cb1895.jpg)
Takuya Kimura
Japan
Best movies:
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Love and Honor (2006)
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
![Jun Fubuki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/394/167394261_df99ef.jpg)
Jun Fubuki
Japan
Best movies:
Like Father, Like Son (2013)
Awaking (2006)
Tokyo Family (2013)
![Jun Kunimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/422/166422556_eb9c33.jpg)
Jun Kunimura
Japan
Best movies:
The Triumphant Return of General Rouge (2009)
Half a Confession (2004)
Hard Boiled (1992)
![小林薫](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/515/515896_a0c274.jpg)
小林薫
Japan
Best movies:
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Tokyo Tower: Mom and Me, and Sometimes Dad (2007)
The Great Passage (2013)
Karen Takizawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
![Keiko Takeshita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/935/164935165_6400ef.jpg)
Keiko Takeshita
Japan
Best movies:
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
The Wind Rises (2013)
From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
![Kō Shibasaki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274407_6144ad.jpg)
Kō Shibasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Go (2001)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![菅田将暉](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/510/168510663_zr52vb.jpg)
菅田将暉
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
The Girl in the Sun (2013)
Threads - Our Tapestry of Love (2020)
Sawako Agawa
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
![Shinobu Otake](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/768/159768481_7e24f6.jpg)
Shinobu Otake
Japan
Best movies:
Children of Nagasaki (1983)
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
The Wind Rises (2013)
![Shôhei Hino](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/878/166878967_98824c.jpg)
Shôhei Hino
Japan
Best movies:
Owl's Castle (1999)
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Vengeance Is Mine (1979)
![Yoshino Kimura](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278048_fe105d.jpg)
Yoshino Kimura
UK
Best movies:
Confessions (2010)
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Fine, Totally Fine (2008)
![Nami Uehara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/223/168223136_wsd6pb.jpg)
Nami Uehara
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Ryuunosuke Watanuki
Japan
Best movies:
A Silent Voice (2016)
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (2018)
Yûto Kawasaki
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Takuya Yagyu
Japan
Best movies:
The Boy and the Heron (2023)
Ride Your Wave (2019)