PLEASE NOTE THAT WE’LL BE SCREENING BOTH A JAPANESE LANGUAGE WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES and ENGLISH DUBBED VOICES VERSIONS
After losing his mother during the war, young Mahito moves to his family’s estate in the countryside. There, a series of mysterious events lead him to a secluded and ancient tower, home to a mischievous gray heron. When Mahito’s new stepmother disappears, he follows the gray heron into the tower, and enters a fantastic world shared by the living and the dead. As he embarks on an epic journey with the heron as his guide, Mahito must uncover the secrets of this world, and the truth about himself. The dubbed version features the voices of Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson and Florence Pugh.
The Boy and the Heron is the new critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure from the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle, and My Neighbor Totoro. Hayao Miyazaki’s first feature film in 10 years is a hand-drawn, original story written and directed by the Academy Award®️-winning director. Produced by Studio Ghibli co-founder Toshio Suzuki, the film features a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator Joe Hisaishi. The theme song for the film “Spinning Globe” was penned and performed by global J-pop superstar Kenshi Yonezu.
Rated PG-13. Parents should be aware the movie is made for a Japanese audience who digest media in a different way to most Hollywood audiences and contains some intense fantasy scenes and scary monsters that are typical in Studio Ghibli movies. As its set in the 1940s, almost all the adult characters will smoke.
“The greatest animated filmmaker since the advent of the form in the early 20th century andone of the greatest filmmakers of any genre” – Ligaya Mishan, NEW YORK TIMES STYLE MAGAZINE
“There is a moment in which beauty moves you in a way that is impossible to describe…Miyazaki has that power” – Guillermo Del Toro
