Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Toshio Suzuki
Cinematographer: Atsushi Okui
Role: The Grey Heron (voice)
Costars (Voice) Mark Hamill (Granduncle), Christian Bale (Shoichi Maki), Dave Bautista (The Parakeet King), Gemma Chan (Natsuko), Willem Dafoe (Noble Pelican), Karen Fukuhara (Lady Himi), Florence Pugh (Kiriko)
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Current Status
- ANNOUNCED: 18 October 2023 – Robert Pattinson to voice The Grey Heron in the English dubbed version of the animated adventure film “The Boy and the Heron” aka in Japan as “How You Live”
International Release Dates (English version)
- North America – 8 December 2023 (Theatres and IMAX)
Film Festivals, Special Screenings
- RPAU Roundup: Initial Reactions
- RPAU Roundup: Media Reviews
- Gallery – Promo Stills
- Official Posters
- English trailer release – 3 November 2023:
“The most striking performance in the trailer, though, is Robert Pattinson’s voice for Gray Heron. Gray Heron’s Japanese voice actor steals almost every scene the character appears in, and it looks like Pattinson may end up doing the same” #TheBoyAndTheHeron pic.twitter.com/cQot1Czgba
— RoBat (@Monsieur_HJ) November 2, 2023
- World Premieres, Film Festivals etc
