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.”

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Studios

• Toho
• Studio Ghibli

Staff

• Yoshimi Itazu — Key Animation
• Takeshi Honda — Animation Director
• Toshiyuki Inoue — Key Animation
• Atsuko Fukushima — Key Animation
• Kiyotaka Oshiyama — Key Animation
• Akihiko Yamashita — Key Animation
• Shinya Oohira — Key Animation
• Hideki Hamasu — Key Animation
• Hayao Miyazaki — Director
• Joe Hisaishi — Music
• Toshio Suzuki — Producer
• Katsuya Kondou — Key Animation
• Kitarou Kousaka — Key Animation
• Michiyo Suzuki — Key Animation
• Takeshi Inamura — Key Animation
• Megumi Kagawa — Key Animation
• Eiji Yamamori — Key Animation
• Takayuki Hamada — Key Animation
• Hiroomi Yamakawa — Key Animation
• Atsuko Tanaka — Key Animation
• Yoshimichi Kameda — Key Animation
• Susumu Mitsunaka — Key Animation
• Yuuga Tokuno — Key Animation
• Kenshi Yonezu — Theme Song Performance
• Ai Takashi — Key Animation