# Kimitachi wa Dō Ikiru ka (2023)

**German title:** Der Junge und der Reiher


**Genres:** Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

**Duration:** 124 min

**Age rating:** FSK 12

**IMDb:** [7.3](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6587046/)

**Letterboxd:** [3.9](https://letterboxd.com/film/the-boy-and-the-heron/)

**Rotten Tomatoes:** [Tomatometer: 96%, Popcornmeter: 88%](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_boy_and_the_heron)

## Description

In the wake of his mother's death and his father's remarriage, a headstrong boy ventures into a dreamlike world shared by the living and the dead in search of his missing stepmother.

## Details

**Premiere:** 04 Jan 2024

**Director:** Hayao Miyazaki

**Cast:** Soma Santoki, Masaki Suda, Kô Shibasaki, Aimyon, Yoshino Kimura, Takuya Kimura, Keiko Takeshita, Jun Fubuki, Sawako Agawa, Karen Takizawa, Shinobu Ôtake, Jun Kunimura

**Countries:** Japan

**Languages:** Japanese

**Available versions:** OmeU

**Open-air showtimes:** No

**Trailer:** [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A002-b7IH2M)

## Showtimes in Cologne in original language (OV, OmU, OmeU)

### 2026-09-07 (Monday)

- **[Cinenova](https://cologne.ov-berlin.info/cinemas/267-cinenova.md) (Ehrenfeld):** [2026-09-07 20:00](https://www.kinoheld.de/kino/koeln/cinenova-kino-koeln/vorstellung/462270)  (OmeU)