The Boy and the Heron

The Boy and the Heron (UA-16+)

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Courage | Magical Realism

  • Duration: 2h 4min
  • Music: Kenshi Yonezu,Joe Hisaishi,Tsutomu Kawahigashi,Eriko Kimura,Mika Yamaguchi
  • Award(s): Oscar 2024 (Won)
    Golden Globe 2024 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: The Imaginary, Stand by Me Doraemon 2
  • Story:

    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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STORY

Story

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."

AWARDS

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Won
Oscar Award

Best Animated Feature Film | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

BAFTA Film Award

Best Animated Feature Film | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

EDA Award

Best Animated Film | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

CinEuphoria Award

Best Animated Film International Competition | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Astra Award

Best International Filmmaker | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

INOCA Award

Best Animated Film | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

ICS Award

Best Animated Film | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Best Original Score | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

Silver Scream Award

Audience Award | 2023 | Hayao Miyazaki

IFMCA Award

Best Original Score for an Animated Film | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

FFCC Award

Best Score | 2023 | Joe Hisaishi

Annie Award

Outstanding Achievement for Character Animation in an Animated Feature | 2024 | Takeshi Honda

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Nominations
Golden Globe Award

Best Original Score Motion Picture | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

Best Original Score Motion Picture | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

HFCS Award

Best VocalMotion Capture Performance | 2024 | Robert Pattinson

Best Original Score | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

COFCA Award

Actor of the Year (for an exemplary body of work) | 2024 | Willem Dafoe

Gold Derby Film Award

International Feature | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

Animated Feature | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

SFCS Award

Best International Film | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Best Animated Film | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Annie Award

Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

Outstanding Achievement for Production Design on an Animated Feature | 2024 | Yoji Takeshige

INOCA Award

Best Director | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Best Original Screenplay | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Best NonEnglish Language Film | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

Best Picture | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

NDFS Award

Best Animated Feature | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

CinEuphoria Award

Best Screenplay International Competition | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

Peoples Choice Award

Best Film | 2023 | Hayao Miyazaki

Robert Award

Best NonEnglish Language Film (rets ikkeengelsksprogede film) | 2025 | Hayao Miyazaki

Bodil Award

Best NonEnglish Language Film (Bedste ikkeengelsksprogede film) | 2025 | Hayao Miyazaki

LEJA Award

Best Animated Feature | 2024 | Hayao Miyazaki

WAFCA Award

Best Voice Performance | 2023 | Masaki Suda

PGA Award

Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

Windie Award

Best Foreign Film | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

Best Animated Film | 2024 | Toshio Suzuki

Best Original Score | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

SCL Award

Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

IFMCA Award

Score of the Year | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

Dorian Award

Film Music of the Year | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

MCFCA Award

Best Score | 2024 | Joe Hisaishi

Excellence in Production Design Award

Animated Film | 2024 | Yoji Takeshige

BFE Cut Above Award

Best Edited Single Animation | 2024 | Rie Matsuhara

ICS Award

Best Sound Design | 2024 | Koji Kasamatsu

C.A.S. Award

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Motion Pictures Animated | 2024 | Koji Kasamatsu

BOX OFFICE

Budget 50,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 294,200,000 USD

TRIVIA

Trivia

In December 2019, the film was announced to be 15% complete after three-and-a-half years of work. Producer Toshio Suzuki explained that Hayao Miyazaki, in the past, would be able to direct seven to ten minutes of animation per month, and they had scheduled five minutes of animation per month or about one hour per year on the film. However, Miyazaki was directing only about one minute of animation per month.

The first animated film in history to open the Toronto International Film Festival.

Hayao Miyazaki started working on the film in 2016 without receiving an official green-light.

The first Studio Ghibli movie to have the IMAX treatment

Hayao Miyazaki originally hoped to finish and release the film in the summer of 2020 to coincide with the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, which were postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.