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.” (Source: Letterboxd)

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Mahito Maki

Souma Santoki

Aosagi

Masaki Suda

Natsuko

Yoshino Kimura

Kiriko

Kou Shibasaki

Himi

AIMYON

Shouichi

Takuya Kimura

Rou Pelican

Kaoru Kobayashi

Inko Daiou

Jun Kunimura

Aiko

Shinobu Ootake

Izumi

Keiko Takeshita

Eriko

Sawako Agawa

Utako

Jun Fubuki