Thursday Film Series
This screening is the English dubbed version.
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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Winner, Best Animated Feature, 2024 Golden Globes
DIRECTED BY: Hayao Miyazaki
WRITTEN BY: Hayao Miyazaki
STARRING: Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson
GENRE(S): Animation, Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
RUNTIME: 124 minutes
COUNTRY: Japan
LANGUAGE: Japanese
Rated PG