Princess Mononoke [en]

I went to watch this quite impressive movie, the plot it self was filled with a very deep essence and importance …

There were several really important reflections about the relation of men with Nature … Well, there were many other relevant aspects but it´s just “artifical” to resume it in short way …

Pure Art I would say, the author is really a very skilled artist in the art of creating “animation” …

Título original: Princess Mononoke

Japão, 1997, 110'

REALIZAÇÃO: Hayao Miyazaki

ARGUMENTO: Hayao Miyazaki

Com: Kaoru Kobayashi, Yôji Matsuda, Yûko Tanaka, Yuriko Ishida

FOTOGRAFIA: Atsushi Okui

MÚSICA: Joe Hisaishi

MONTAGEM: Hayao Miyazaki, Takeshi Seyama

Plot Summary for
Mononoke-hime

The time and place is the Muromachi era, Japan. A prince of a small village is cursed to a slow but certain death by a Boar God turned Tatari-Gami (Cursing God). To find a possible cure to the curse, he travels westwards. Hearing of a Shishi-Gami (Deer-God) that may be his salvation, he soon comes across a village of iron miners and there finds himself in the middle of a battle between the animal gods of the forest, lead by a girl called Princess Mononoke by the villagers who was raised by the Wolf God, and the iron miners, lead by a female leader who is trying to create a sanctuary for human outcasts. Along side this battle is a mysterious group of men who are after the head of the Shishi-Gami in a quest to gain immortality. Why did the Boar God turn into a Cursing God? Can he persuade all those involved to make peace or is conflict inevitable between man and nature?

Summary written by Miho Nishida {vray@ec.cs.oki.co.jp}