The Boy And The Heron
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Director(s)Hayao Miyazaki
Production year2023
Genre(s)Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes124m
CastSoma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Karen Takizawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Joe Hisaishi, Atsushi Okui, Rie Matsubara, Takeshi Seyama, Akane Shiraishi
The Boy And The Heron
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
A 12-year-old boy coming to terms with his mother's death meets a talking heron who leads him on an adventure to another ...
A 12-year-old boy coming to terms with his mother's death meets a talking heron who leads him on an adventure to another world in this meditative Japanese animation; themes of family tragedy and grief are handled sensitively.
violence
threat and horror
language
injury detail
suicide and self-harm
theme
alcohol and smoking
sex
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
28/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
17/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
03/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
25/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
Classified Date:
10/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
Classified Date:
31/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
Classified date03/10/2024
LanguageJapanese
violence
threat and horror
language
injury detail
suicide and self-harm
theme
alcohol and smoking
sex
Director(s)Hayao Miyazaki
Production year2023
Genre(s)Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes124m
CastSoma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Karen Takizawa, Hayao Miyazaki, Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Joe Hisaishi, Atsushi Okui, Rie Matsubara, Takeshi Seyama, Akane Shiraishi
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
28/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
17/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
03/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
moderate threat, bloody images, brief self-harm
Classified Date:
25/07/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
violence
Violence is mild, often involving fantastical creatures. In some scenes, a boy wields a knife and a bow and arrow he has made to fend off mysterious creatures.
threat and horror
Characters come under threat as they travel through fantastical lands and encounter unusual creatures. Some scenes are surreal in presentation, such as when a woman's body melts into a puddle. Other more real world threat includes repeated flashbacks to an intense fire blazing through a city and firefighters running through specks of burning ash.
language
Bad language is mild ('turd'), accompanied by other even milder terms ('damn').
injury detail
Blood gushes from a boy's head after he strikes himself with a rock. In another scene, blood spurts into a boy's face when he butchers a large fish, followed by fleshy internal organs bulging out of the cut.
suicide and self-harm
A boy, while grieving the loss of his mother and becoming accustomed to his new home, strikes himself in the face with a rock, causing a gush of blood down the side of his face.
theme
There are references to bereavement and scenes of emotional upset.
alcohol and smoking
There are scenes in which adult characters smoke cigarettes and pipes.
Classified Date:
10/11/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
Classified Date:
31/10/2023
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Elysian Film Group Distribution
Classified date03/10/2024
LanguageJapanese
