The Boy and the Heron: Hayao Miyazaki's Latest Movie

The Boy and the Heron (Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru ka, or literally How Do You Live?) is an original story hand-drawn, written, and directed by Academy Award-winning director Hayao Miyazaki.

The animated film was produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki and features music by Miyazaki’s longtime collaborator Joe Hisaishi. The theme song for The Boy and the Heron, Spinning Globe, was written and performed by global J-pop superstar Kenshi Yonezu.

The Boy and the Heron Synopsis

The Boy and the Heron is a film adaptation of the 1937 novel (published in English in 2021) by Genzaburou Yoshino, which is Miyazaki’s favorite book.

Quoting from the GKIDS website, the movie is introduced as:

A boy named Mahito

misses his mother

adventures to a world inhabited by the living and the dead.

There, death ends,

and life finds a new beginning.

A semi-autobiographical fantasy

about life, death, and creation, as a tribute to friendship,

from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

The film debuted in Japan on July 14 and had its international premiere on September 7 at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

In addition, The Boy and the Heron had its US premiere at the 61st New York Film Festival, which ran from September 29 to October 15. In Europe, The Boy and the Heron premiered on September 22 at the 71st San Sebastian Festival.

The Boy and the Heron has made 6.235 billion Japanese yen ($42.66 million) at the Japanese box office.

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