First look images of acclaimed filmmaker Hayo Miyazaki's upcoming film The Boy and The Heron were released online on Tuesday. Regarded as the final film of Miyazaki, The Boy and The Heron was released in Japan on July 14 and will serve as the opening film at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival on September 7.
Hailing from Studio Ghibli, The Boy and the Heron was released in Japan as Kimitachi wa Di Ikiruka, which means How Do You Live? While Miyazaki has written the story, it is backed by Toshio Suzuki. Joe Hisaishi has scored the music. It was speculated that the film is based on Genzaburo Yoshino's 1937 book Kimitachi wa Do Ikiruka, which is about a teenage boy going through a spiritual journey as he begins to understand life and its meaning through a journal related to his uncle. However, the makers later confirmed that the filmmaker made the film out of an original story.
It is to be noted that no trailer or any additional marketing material of the film has been out, except an official poster. Meanwhile, the upcoming film marks Miyazaki's return to animation after 10 years. The veteran's last film was the 2013 film, The Wind Rises.
