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cast: 14
crew: 76
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# The Boy and the Heron (2023): cast and crew

14 cast and 76 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Soma Santoki](https://film.one/person/soma-santoki.md) as Mahito Maki (voice)
- [Masaki Suda](https://film.one/person/masaki-suda.md) as Gray Heron (voice)
- [Ko Shibasaki](https://film.one/person/ko-shibasaki.md) as Kiriko (voice)
- [Aimyon](https://film.one/person/aimyon.md) as Lady Himi (voice)
- [Yoshino Kimura](https://film.one/person/yoshino-kimura.md) as Natsuko (voice)
- [Takuya Kimura](https://film.one/person/takuya-kimura.md) as Shoichi Maki (voice)
- [Keiko Takeshita](https://film.one/person/keiko-takeshita.md) as Izumi (voice)
- [Jun Fubuki](https://film.one/person/jun-fubuki.md) as Utako (voice)
- [Sawako Agawa](https://film.one/person/sawako-agawa.md) as Eriko (voice)
- [Karen Takizawa](https://film.one/person/karen-takizawa.md) as Warawara (voice)
- [Shinobu Otake](https://film.one/person/shinobu-otake.md) as Aiko (voice)
- [Jun Kunimura](https://film.one/person/jun-kunimura.md) as The Parakeet King (voice)
- [Kaoru Kobayashi](https://film.one/person/kaoru-kobayashi.md) as Noble Pelican (voice)
- Shōhei Hino as Granduncle (voice)

## Directing

- Kazuyoshi Katayama: Assistant Director
- Shintarou Nakazawa: Second Unit First Assistant Director
- Chihiro Okada: Second Unit First Assistant Director
- [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md): Director

## Writing

- [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md): Original Story, Screenplay

## Production

- Kiyofumi Nakajima: Executive Producer
- Goro Miyazaki: Executive Producer
- Yoshiaki Nishimura: Co-Producer
- Koji Hoshino: Executive Producer
- [Toshio Suzuki](https://film.one/person/toshio-suzuki.md): Producer
- Takuya Ohno: Casting
- Yuji Tange: Casting
- Hideki Fukaya: Line Producer
- Yumiko Mihara: Production Assistant
- Ayako Yasuda: Production Assistant

## Camera

- [Atsushi Okui](https://film.one/person/atsushi-okui.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [Akane Shiraishi](https://film.one/person/akane-shiraishi.md): Editor
- [Rie Matsubara](https://film.one/person/rie-matsubara.md): Editor
- [Takeshi Seyama](https://film.one/person/takeshi-seyama.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Koji Kasamatsu: Sound Mixer, Sound Director
- Mika Yamaguchi: Foley Artist
- Kenshi Yonezu: Theme Song Performance
- [Joe Hisaishi](https://film.one/person/joe-hisaishi.md): Original Music Composer, Conductor
- Shuuji Suzuki: ADR Mixer
- Yasutomo Yamada: ADR Mixer
- Tsutomu Kawahigashi: Dolby Consultant
- Eriko Kimura: Other

## Art

- Ai Omori: Background Designer
- Noboru Yoshida: Background Designer
- Yumi Ishii: Background Designer
- Kosuke Hayashi: Background Designer
- Minori Takayama: Background Designer
- Saki Kurobe: Background Designer
- Yui Onodera: Background Designer
- Ayahi Shimomura: Background Designer
- Kazuo Oga: Background Designer
- Yoichi Nishikawa: Background Designer
- Nanako Yagi: Background Designer
- [Hayao Miyazaki](https://film.one/person/hayao-miyazaki.md): Storyboard Artist
- Yoji Takeshige: Art Direction

## Visual effects

- Toshiyuki Inoue: Key Animation
- Yoshimi Itazu: Key Animation
- Ai Takashi: Key Animation
- Hideki Hamasu: Key Animation
- Atsuko Fukushima: Key Animation
- Yuuga Tokuno: Key Animation
- Takeshi Inamura: Key Animation
- Atsuko Otani: Key Animation
- Susumu Mitsunaka: Key Animation
- Takayuki Hamada: Key Animation
- Atsuko Tanaka: Key Animation
- Eiji Yamamori: Key Animation
- Hiroomi Yamakawa: Key Animation
- Kanako Takayanagi: Color Designer
- Yumi Handa: Key Animation
- Fumiko Numahata: Color Designer
- Junji Yabuta: Compositing Artist
- Takeshi Honda: Animation Director, Character Designer
- Michiyo Suzuki: Key Animation
- Akihiko Yamashita: Key Animation
- Ei Inoue: Key Animation
- Megumi Kagawa: Key Animation
- Katsuya Kondo: Key Animation
- Shinya Ohira: Key Animation
- Yoshimichi Kameda: Key Animation
- Masashi Ando: Key Animation
- Hiromasa Yonebayashi: Key Animation
- Shinji Otsuka: Key Animation
- Kiyotaka Oshiyama: Key Animation
- Kitaro Kosaka: Key Animation
- Norihiko Miyoshi: CG Artist
- Miki Umezawa: CG Artist
- Yukinori Nakamura: CG Artist
- Yoichi Senzui: CG Artist
- Akihiro Ogawa: CG Artist

## Crew

- Tamaki Kojo: Post Production Supervisor

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