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."
Kimi-tachi wa dō ikiru ka, Kimitachi wa dou ikiru ka, How Do You Live?, Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka, 你想活出怎樣的人生, 그대들, 어떻게 살 것인가, O Rapaz e a Garça, 蒼鷺與少年, El Chico Y La Garza, Oğlan və Vağ Quşu, Necə Yaşayarsan?, پسر و حواصیل, Kimitachi wa dō ikiru ka, Kimi-tachi wa dou ikiru ka, Як ти живеш?, Хлопчик і Чапля, A fiú és a szürke gém, Băiatul și Stârcul, Chłopiec i czapla, เด็กชายกับนกกระสา, Il ragazzo e l'airone, El Chico y la Garza, El Niño y la Garza, Як ти поживаєш?, 你想活出怎样的人生, Мальчик и птица, Как поживаете?, 苍鹭与少年, O Menino e a Garça, El chico y la garza, 그대들은 어떻게 살 것인가, Le Garçon et le Héron, Thiếu Niên Và Chim Diệc, Gutten og hegren, Drengen og hejren, Pojken och hägern, Poika ja haikara, الصبي والبلشون, El niño y la garza, Момчето и чаплата, Der Junge und der Reiher, Çocuk ve Balıkçıl, پسر و مرغ ماهی خوار, Дечак и чапља, Le garçon et le héron, הילד והאנפה, Poiss ja haigur, Zēns un gārnis, ბიჭი და ყანჩა, Chlapec a volavka, Το Αγόρι και ο Ερωδιός, Deček in čaplja, Băiatul și stârcul, El noi i l'ocell, Berniukas ir garnys, Mutila eta lertxuna, Dječak i Čaplja, Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka, Момчето и чапјата
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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
If my dad married my mom’s younger sister I’d probably be pissed too.
Miyazaki is so fucking sad that his son can’t draw bro
You can sit and ponder the very nature of existence and grief. Juggling the choice of letting go or staying. Asking yourself if you really had enough time with someone you love before that time runs out.
Or you can crank 90’s and build a block tower
Forgetting is normal.
There’s this obsession that we need to remember it all— to the point where we are practically vilified for forgetting and moving on. It’s unrealistic, but more importantly, unfair. Mahito shouldn’t feel guilty, neither should we.
It’s an even more poignant message considering it’s coming from a master reaching the end of his career.
The Miyazaki x Hisaishi combo shatters me every single time but I wouldn’t have it any other way (I’ll send them my therapy bill though).
im sure there is a profound deeper meaning to this but all i can think about is how much Miyazaki hates birds. Like they even got Parakeet Hitler in this. Miyazaki is cooking on some grade A bird hater shit in this. gotta respect it. i got chased by a turkey once and I don’t harbor even half the bird hate that’s present in this movie. Like fr what’s parakeet hitler doing here. Fuck that turkey though. Some birds are cool though. I went to the national aviary in Pittsburgh a few times and I was rocking with it. Mr. Miyazaki if you’re reading this I’d highly recommend you check out the national aviary in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
I once again leave a Miyazaki film thinking about the cute small creatures he makes I love them with all my heart
His best since Spirited Away. I do not say that lightly.
The helplessness you feel when you realize the end is near— you want to cling to the memories of the past, but sometimes it’s best to just let it go.
Staggering. We don’t deserve Hayao Miyazaki.
living in the same timeline as hayao miyazaki is truly a gift
spent some of the movie worried it was gonna be too hard to pin down, or aiming at too many topics at once, barraging the viewer with inventiveness at the cost of coherence. what a fool I am. Miyazaki knows exactly what he's doing, and the ending is so wonderful and shattering.
9/10 (Fantastic)
I think to me, whenever I watch a Studio Ghibli film particiualry directed by Hayao Miyazaki, it's not a film that I simply watch, more feels more like...an experience. Like I feel like I'm being transported into the unique, weird, and beautiful worlds with these characters. And that just goes to show how his world-building is unlike anyone in film and I truly mean that. He don't miss. And for The Boy and the Heron...honestly before I watched this movie, I was a bit worried that I wasn't going to really connect with it or like it that much. I also heard it was divisive, not super plot focused and all over the place. And after watching it,…
the original title “how do you live” makes so much more sense because seriously how do i live after watching this
