The Heron holds the key to the film's plot.
The Boy and the Heron, the newest movie from Hayao Miyazaki, has kept its story under lock and key since its announcement. Eager fans have been abuzz waiting for a trailer to give them some hint about what to expect. As of September 6th, their prayers have finally been answered. But the trailer in question isn't as revealing as they had hoped.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT At just over a minute long, the official teaser consists of short flashes of mystery: a woman that is melting in her sleep, a stone archway inscribed with a Latin phrase roughly translating to "divine power made me", and a glowing passage floating in the void. It's all very disjointed and bewildering there is a key to making sense of the madness: the titular Heron itself.
The Heron is the Embodiment of the Film There are a plethora of clues available to help piece together The Boy and the Heron's plot, one of which was overshadowed by the official trailer. A few days before its release, the GKIDS YouTube channel uploaded an introduction for the movie. It describes the plot as one of "life, death, and creation", and Mahito's mother is implied to be absent in some way--likely, given the theme of the film, she has recently died.
In Japanese culture, the heron is considered a symbol of sorrow and of love being lost or found. It's tied intrinsically to blurred boundaries, connected to the changing seasons, and considered divine due to its ability to move across the elements.
Miyazaki's New Story Is His Own Miyazaki has garnered a reputation for never fully committing to his retirement. Since wrapping up production on The Wind Rises in 2013, he's stepped away from creating feature-length films for a while before coming back for more. In this way, he's lived in a limbo very similar to the world of life and death Mahito will be exploring.
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