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The Boy and the Heron - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "The Boy and the Heron"

君たちはどう生きるか (2023)

Timing: 2:4 (124 min)

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Actors and characters

Soma Santoki

Character Mahito Maki (voice)

Character Gray Heron (voice)

Character Kiriko (voice)

Aimyon

Character Lady Himi (voice)

Character Natsuko (voice)

Character Shoichi Maki (voice)

Character Izumi (voice)

Character Utako (voice)

Character Eriko (voice)

Karen Takizawa

Character Warawara (voice)

Character Aiko (voice)

Character The Parakeet King (voice)

Kaoru Kobayashi

Character Noble Pelican (voice)

Shōhei Hino

Character Granduncle (voice)

The original title of the animated film, “How are you?”, was borrowed from a 1937 novel by Genzaburo Yoshino.
The original title, “How Are You?”, was borrowed from Genzaburo Yoshino’s 1937 novel, but the film is not based on it.
Hayao Miyazaki began working on the project in 2016, before receiving official approval from the studio.
In December 2019, after three and a half years of work on the film, it was announced that it was 15% complete. Producer Toshio Suzuki said that Miyazaki usually created 7 to 10 minutes of animation per month, so they decided together to average 5 minutes of material per month. However, Miyazaki ended up working at a rate of about one minute of material per month.
According to cinematographer Atsushi Okui, he suggested making the animation colors darker during the digital processing of the drawings to convey the darker aspects of the story.
The original title, "How Do You Live?", is taken from a 1937 novel by Genzaburo Yoshino, but the anime is not based on it.

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