Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron explores the significance of Mahito's father's remarriage, drawing parallels to his ...

The Boy and the Heron’s protagonist, Mahito, moves to the countryside with his father after the firebombing of Tokyo. At his new home, he is hounded by an uncannily humanlike blue heron who ...

Himi's Decision To Go Back To Her Time, Knowing Her Fate, Is Incredibly Powerful Throughout The Boy and the Heron, Mahito travels through the dreamlike world with Himi (Karen Fukuhara), who is ...

Hamill plays an especially important role in The Boy and the Heron as Mahito’s Grand Uncle, who created the surreal world in which most of the movie occurs. Moreover, Grand Uncle is meant to ...

The Boys actress Karen Fukuhara had an upper hand over her cast due to her Japanese heritage for the role of Himi in The Boy ...

“The Boy and the Heron” is about a boy named Mahito who loses his mother in an air raid during World War II. After evacuating to the countryside, Mahito encounters a blue heron that transforms ...

NEW YORK--Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” nomination for best animated feature film for the 96th Academy Awards ended a five-year drought of Japanese works in the category.

The first teaser trailer for The Boy and the Heron is here, and it gives away ... A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead.

I write about Asian cinema, new and old, fresh and bold. 'The Boy and the Heron' is Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki's first film in a decade. The Studio ... [+] Ghibli film opened the Toronto ...