Princess Mononoke (1997) movie poster

Princess Mononoke (1997)

もののけ姫
"The fate of the world rests on the courage of one warrior."
ThumbScore
👍 94%Google users liked it ⓘ
Critics Score
🎬 86%
AdventureFantasyAnimation

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Director
Runtime
2h 14m
Rated
PG-13
Country
Japan
Language
Japanese
TMDB Rating
8.3/10 (8,836 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
78

Cast

Yoji Matsuda as Ashitaka (voice)
Yuriko Ishida as San / Kaya (voice)
Yuko Tanaka as Eboshi Gozen (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi as Jikobo (voice)
Masahiko Nishimura as Kouroku (voice)
Tsunehiko Kamijô as Gonza (voice)
Akihiro Miwa as Mrs. Moro (voice)
Mitsuko Mori as Mrs. Hii (voice)

Is Princess Mononoke good?

Yes. 94% of real audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics agree, scoring it 86%.

Where it ranks on ThumbScore

Rank in its genre
#6 / 1446 · Adventure
Rank in its year
#1 / 106 · 1997
Rank among its director's films
#3 / 12 · Hayao Miyazaki

By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.

Overview

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict. Wikipedia ↗

About the Film

Princess Mononoke is a 1997 Japanese animated epic fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Set in the late Muromachi period of Japan, the film follows Ashitaka, a young prince cursed by a demon-possessed boar god, who journeys westward to find a cure and becomes embroiled in a war between the industrial Iron Town, led by the ambitious Lady Eboshi, and the ancient forest spirits and gods who are fighting to preserve their dying world. At the center of the conflict is San, a young woman raised by wolf gods who fights alongside the forest creatures against human encroachment.

Princess Mononoke was Miyazaki's most morally complex and visually ambitious film to date, refusing to cast any faction as purely good or evil — Lady Eboshi is simultaneously an exploiter of nature and a liberator of outcasts and lepers, while the forest gods are both majestic protectors and terrifyingly destructive forces. The Forest Spirit, the Deer God whose touch gives life and takes it away, was one of the most awe-inspiring creations in animation history. Joe Hisaishi's orchestral score was magnificent, ranging from intimate woodwind themes to thundering battle compositions.

Princess Mononoke earned $160 million worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japanese history until Titanic surpassed it months later.

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