#FIRSTLOOK: “THE BOY AND THE HERON” IN THEATRES DECEMBER 8, 2023

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 about life, death, and creation, in tribute to friendship, from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki.

Original Story and Screenplay Written and Directed By: Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by: Toshio Suzuki
Executive Produced by: Koji Hoshino, Goro Miyazaki, Kiyofumi Nakajima
Production: Studio Ghibli
Music: Joe Hisaishi
Theme Song: “Spinning Globe”, Lyrics, Music and Performed by Kenshi Yonezu
Supervising Animator: Takeshi Honda
Art Director: Yoji Takeshige

Japanese Cast: Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Ko Shibasaki, AIMYON, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Karen Takizawa, Shinobu Otake, Jun Kunimura, Kaoru Kobayashi, Shohei Hino

English Cast: Christian Bale, Dave Bautista, Gemma Chan, Willem Dafoe, Karen Fukuhara, Mark Hamill, Robert Pattinson, Florence Pugh, Luca Padovan, Mamoudou Athie, Tony Revolori, Dan Stevens

About Cineplex Pictures
Cineplex Pictures, a division of Cineplex, is a distributor of a wide range of genre films. Recent titles include The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, SAW X, EXPEND4BLES, Joy Ride, The Blackening, About My Father, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Sisu, John Wick: Chapter 4, Jesus Revolution, Plane, The Good House, The Tragedy of Macbeth, Hotel Artemis, and Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero.