The Boy and the Heron is a 2023 Japanese animated fantasy film. it follows a boy named Mahito Maki (Santoki). A young boy named Mahito.He is 12-year-old boy yearning for his mother. struggles to settle in a new town after his mother’s death. 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. He enters an abandoned tower in search of her. when a talking heron informs Mahito that his mother is still alive.
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Starring Soma Santoki Masaki Suda Aimyon Yoshino Kimura Shōhei Hino Ko Shibasaki Takuya Kimura