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."
Elenco:
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
,
Shōhei Hino
.