While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.”
While the Second World War rages, the teenage Mahito, haunted by his mother’s tragic death, is relocated from Tokyo to the serene rural home of his new stepmother Natsuko, a woman who bears a striking resemblance to the boy’s mother. As he tries to adjust, this strange new world grows even stranger following the appearance of a persistent gray heron, who perplexes and bedevils Mahito, dubbing him the “long-awaited one.”
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君たちはどう生きるか
Synonyms
How Do You Live?, Il ragazzo e l’airone, Chłopiec i czapla, Le Garçon et le Héron, Gutten og hegren, Pojken och hägern, Poika ja haikara, El chico y la garza, El niño y la garza, Der Junge und der Reiher, เด็กชายกับนกกระสา, 그대들은 어떻게 살 것인가 , הילד והאנפה, O Menino e a Garça, Drengen og hejren
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