Princess Mononoke
by Hayao Miyazaki
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Actor: Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko Nishimura, Y?ji Matsuda, Y?ko Tanaka, Yuriko IshidaDirector: Hayao Miyazaki
Brand: Princess
Writer: Hayao Miyazaki
Producer: Bob Weinstein
Producer: Harvey Weinstein
Producer: Scott Martin
Producer: Seiichiro Ujiie
Producer: Seiji Okuda
Producer: Takahiro Yonezawa
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); French (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 134 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-12-19
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Miramax
Accessories:
- My Neighbor Totoro [VHS]
- Princess Mononoke: Music From The Miramax Motion Picture
- Kiki's Delivery Service (Widescreen Edition) [VHS]
Movie Reviews of Princess Mononoke
Movie Review: Awesome!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you have never seen a film by this man, this is an excellent place to start!
Summary of Princess Mononoke
Claire Danes (THE MOD SQUAD), Minnie Driver (GOOD WILL HUNTING), and Billy Bob Thornton (ARMAGEDDON, SLING BLADE) head a cast of hot Hollywood stars who lend their talents to this exquisitely animated, overwhelmingly acclaimed adventure epic! Inflicted with a deadly curse, a young warrior named Ashitaka (Billy Crudup -- WITHOUT LIMITS) sets out for the forests of the west in search of the cure that will save his life. Once there, he becomes inextricably entangled in a bitter battle that matches Lady Eboshi (Driver) and a proud clan of humans against the forest's animal gods, who are led by the brave Princess Mononoke (Danes), a young woman raised by wolves! Also starring Gillian Anderson (THE X-FILES) and Jada Pinkett Smith (SCREAM 2), this monumental struggle between man and nature will have you transfixed as stunning artistry blends with epic storytelling to create a uniquely entertaining motion picture!This epic, animated 1997 fantasy has already made history as the top-grossing domestic feature ever released in Japan, where its combination of mythic themes, mystical forces, and ravishing visuals tapped deeply into cultural identity and contemporary, ecological anxieties. For international animation and anime fans, Princess Mononoke represents an auspicious next step for its revered creator, Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service), an acknowledged anime pioneer, whose painterly style, vivid character design, and stylized approach to storytelling take ambitious, evolutionary steps here.
Set in medieval Japan, Miyazaki's original story envisions a struggle between nature and man. The march of technology, embodied in the dark iron forges of the ambitious Tatara clan, threatens the natural forces explicit in the benevolent Great God of the Forest and the wide-eyed, spectral spirits he protects. When Ashitaka, a young warrior from a remote, and endangered, village clan, kills a ravenous, boar-like monster, he discovers the beast is in fact an infectious "demon god," transformed by human anger. Ashitaka's quest to solve the beast's fatal curse brings him into the midst of human political intrigues as well as the more crucial battle between man and nature.
Miyazaki's convoluted fable is clearly not the stuff of kiddie matinees, nor is the often graphic violence depicted during the battles that ensue. If some younger viewers (or less attentive older ones) will wish for a diagram to sort out the players, Miyazaki's atmospheric world and its lush visual design are reasons enough to watch. For the English-language version, Miramax assembled an impressive vocal cast including Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup (as Ashitaka), Claire Danes (as San), Minnie Driver (as Lady Eboshi), Billy Bob Thornton, and Jada Pinkett Smith. They bring added nuance to a very different kind of magic kingdom. Recommended for ages 12 and older. --Sam Sutherland
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