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Princess Mononoke (Mononoke Hime) [Audio: Eng]
On a quest to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, a prince finds himself in the middle of a war between a forest princess and the encroachment of mechanization.
5 January 1941, Tokyo, Japan
5 January 1941, Tokyo, Japan
10 November 1960, Portchester, England, UK
24 November 1947, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
4 September 1951, Kyoto, Japan
19 October 1967, Fukuoka, Japan
12 December 1960, Toyama, Japan
22 July 1967, Miami, Florida, USA
1951, Japan
2 November 1956
7 March 1940, Nagano, Japan
3 August 1955, West Los Angeles, California, USA
12 April 1979, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
31 January 1970, Middlesex Hospital, London, England, UK
November 27, 2013
With a Luminist's attention to light, water, shadow and smoke, Miyazaki creates an epochal story born of history, myth and Shinto animism.
November 27, 2013
The film's strength lies in its refusal to paint either its arguments or its characters in black and white: There are no pure heroes, no clear-cut villains and no pat answers.
November 27, 2013
This handsome, beautifully designed Japanese animated film has the size -- though not the clarity -- of a great Japanese film epic.
February 20, 2014
Princess Mononoke's greatest feat is in crafting a story that could've been so easily simple, but manages to be more morally complex than even the most epic live-action films.
November 27, 2013
Miyazaki's hordes of animators haven't penetrated beyond the skin; the moving creatures feel inarticulate and jerky, almost weightless, particularly when played against painterly background mattes.
December 07, 2014
[Miyazaki's] visually brilliant, thematically rich fable isn't just an ambitious cartoon; it's an epic, hand-drawn in pen and ink.
November 17, 2014
It's one of Ghibli and Miyazaki's many animated masterpieces.
November 27, 2013
This imaginative and intriguing Anime deserves all the plaudits heaped upon it.
November 27, 2013
Miyazaki's world is stunning for its richness and imagination.
December 07, 2014
Done mostly in the style of hand-painted classic animation, with occasional digital assists, "Princess Mononoke is indeed a thing of beauty and imagination.
November 27, 2013
Beautifully constructed and painstakingly written, this is about as close to a perfect animated epic as you're likely to get.
February 16, 2017
A spellbinding epic with great characters, visuals and pathos.

