# The Boy and the Heron (2023)

> A grieving wartime boy enters an uncanny realm of living and dead beings, where finding his missing stepmother becomes a journey through grief, family, and moral choice.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/351345

## Facts

- Runtime: 124 min
- Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Drama
- Director: Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki
- TMDB rating: 7.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6587046/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: mild
- Mood: dreamy, eerie, melancholic, reflective movie night, fantasy marathon

## Synopsis

A young boy embarks on a fantastical journey to find his missing stepmother in a world where the living and the dead coexist.

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