The Boy and the Heron

El chico y la garza / Kimitachi wa dō ikiru ka

Japanese audio, Spanish subtitles · Current release

During the Pacific War, Mahito Maki loses his hospitalized mother, Hisako, in a fire. Mahito's father Shoichi, an air munitions factory owner, marries his late wife's sister, Natsuko, and they evacuate to her rural estate. Mahito, distant to the pregnant Natsuko, encounters a peculiar grey heron leading him to a sealed tower, the last known location of Natsuko's architect granduncle. After a school fight, Mahito deliberately injures himself.

Director

Hayao Miyazaki

Starring

Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Kaoru Kobayashi, Shinobu Otake

Not in English. Japanese audio, spanish subtitles.