Watch The Boy and the Heron English Subbed
Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka
Synopsis
Miyazaki derived the film's title from writer Genzaburou Yoshino's 1937 masterpiece of the same name. He added that this book is a story that has great meaning to the protagonist of his film. Yoshino's book centers around a man named Koperu and his uncle, and through Koperu's spiritual growth, it discusses how to live as human beings.