Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
Written by Hayao Miyazaki
Starring: Satomae Yamamoto/Masaomi Suga/Yuki Shibasaki/Emu/Yoshio Kimura
Genre: Animation/Fantasy/Adventure
Production country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Release Date: 2024-04-03(China) / 2023-07-14(Japan)
Running time: 124 minutes
What kind of life do you want to live…
After the death of his mother in a fire, teenager Masato Maki (Satoshin Yamamoto) follows his father Katsuichi Maki (Takuya Kimura) and stepmother Natsuko (Yoshio Kimura) to form a new family. Deep in grief, the real person is dark and withdrawn, and it is difficult to fit in with the new environment.
An accident, he follows a talking heron (Suga will Hui voice) into the abandoned mysterious tower, but only to enter the fantasy “world of the dead”, began an incredible adventure…
The title pays homage to novelist Genzaburo Yoshino’s 1937 novel of the same name, but the story was originally written by Hayao Miyazaki.