The legendary Japanese animator treads familiar ground, in a good way, for what could be his final film
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Cast
Soma Santoki (Mahito Maki)Masaki Suda (The Grey Heron)Kô Shibasaki (Kiriko)Aimyon (Himi)Yoshino Kimura (Natsuko)Takuya Kimura (Shoichi Maki)Keiko Takeshita (Maid #1)Jun Fubuki (Maid #2)Sawako Agawa (Maid #3)Karen Takizawa (Wara Wara)Shinobu Ôtake (Maid #4)Jun Kunimura (The Parakeet King)Kaoru Kobayashi (Old Pelican)Shohei Hino (Great-Uncle)Nami Uehara (Additional Voice)Kiyoko Nishimura (Additional Voice)Ryunosuke Watanuki (Additional Voice)Takuya Yagyu (Additional Voice)
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
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Synopsis
A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.
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