Directed by Hayao Miyazaki   Written by Hayao Miyazaki   Cast Soma Santoki ... Mahito Maki (voice) Masaki Suda ... The Grey Heron (voice) Kô Shibasaki ... Kiriko (voice) (as Kou Shibasaki) Aimyon ... Himi (voice) Yoshino Kimura ... Natsuko (voice) Takuya Kimura ... Shoichi Maki (voice) Keiko Takeshita ... Maid #1 (voice) Jun Fubuki ... Maid #2 (voice) Sawako Agawa ... Maid #3 (voice) Karen Takizawa ... Wara Wara (voice) Shinobu Ôtake ... Maid #4 (voice) Jun Kunimura ... The Parakeet King (voice) Kaoru Kobayashi ... Old Pelican (voice) Shohei Hino ... Great-Uncle (voice) (as Shôhei Hino) Nami Uehara ... Additional Voice (voice) Kiyoko Nishimura ... Additional Voice (voice) Ryunosuke Watanuki ... Additional Voice (voice) Takuya Yagyu ... Additional Voice (voice) Gakudai ... Additional Voice (voice) Sannosuke Iizuka ... Additional Voice (voice) Yûto Kawasaki ... Additional Voice (voice) Kazuki Suzuki ... Additional Voice (voice) Masaaki Doi ... Additional Voice (voice) Mikito Shigeta ... Additional Voice (voice) Yoshihisa Ishita ... Additional Voice (voice) Kenta Okimori ... Additional Voice (voice) Christian Bale ... Shoichi Maki (English version), (voice) Dave Bautista ... The Parakeet King (English version), (voice) Gemma Chan ... Natsuko / Hisako (English version), (voice) Willem Dafoe ... Noble Pelican (English version), (voice) Karen Fukuhara ... Lady Himi (English version), (voice) Mark Hamill ... Granduncle (English version), (voice) Luca Padovan ... Mahito Maki (English version), (voice) Robert Pattinson ... The Grey Heron (English version), (voice) Florence Pugh ... Kiriko (English version), (voice) Mamoudou Athie ... Parakeet (English version), (voice) Tony Revolori ... Parakeet (English version), (voice) Dan Stevens ... Parakeet (English version), (voice) Barbara Goodson ... Aiko (English version), (voice) Denise Pickering ... Izumi (English version), (voice) Melora Harte ... Eriko (English version), (voice) Barbara Rosenblat ... Utako (English version), (voice) Nika Futterman ... Oyuki (English version), (voice) Debi Derryberry ... Kazuko (English version), (voice) Andrew Kishino ... Additional Voice (English version), (voice) Paul Nakauchi ... Additional Voice (English version), (voice) Michael Sinterniklaas ... Additional Voice (English version), (voice) Keone Young ... Additional Voice (English version), (voice) Produced by Kôji Hoshino   Tomohiko Ishii   Gorô Miyazaki   Kiyofumi Nakajima   Yoshiaki Nishimura   Toshio Suzuki   Original Music by Joe Hisaishi

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