When a frightening creature attacks his remote village, young warrior Ashitaka is able to put the great beast out of its misery. It is a boar god corrupted by sinister magic, transformed into a monster by a wound from a mysterious iron ball. Ashitaka has received a wound as well, which bubbles with supernatural putrescence, so he must travel far to the east seeking a cure. In Iron Town, Lady Eboshi employs freed prostitutes, former serfs, and even outcast lepers to build a human empire that will civilize the wilderness with iron and guns. In the forest, the wild gods gather their strength to fight back, led by San, the Princess Mononoke. She is a beautiful but savage girl who has chosen to give up her humanity and side with the animals. Ashitaka finds himself embroiled in a battle between the two forces, both of whom see him as supporting the enemy.
MPAA rating: PG-13, for images of violence and gore.|||adult
a Miramax Films release ; Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Studio Ghibli present a Studio Ghibli production ; executive producers, Yasuyoshi Tokuma [and others] ; original story & screenplay by Hayao Miyazaki ; produced by Toshio Suzuki ; directed by Hayao Miyazaki.
Originally produced as a Japanese motion picture in 1997.
Special features include: featurette, theatrical trailer, and French language track.
Re-released in 2017 with the same technical specifications and special features.
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English language voice actors: Billy Crudup (Ashitaka), Billy Bob Thornton (Jigo), Minnie Driver (Lady Eboshi), John DiMaggio (Gonza), Claire Danes (San), John DeMita (Kohroku), Jada Pinkett Smith (Toki), Gillian Anderson (Moro), Keith David (Okkoto).
DVD ; region 1 ; NTSC ; 5.1 Dolby Digital surround ; widescreen presentation 1.85:1 aspect ratio.
In dubbed English, dubbed French, or original Japanese with optional subtitles in English (literal translation); closed-captioned in English; all credits in Japanese on Japanese language version.
Music by Joe Hisaishi ; supervising animators, Masahi Ando, Kitaro Kosaka, Yoshifumi Kondo ; art direction, Nizo Yamamoto, Yoji Takeshige, Kazuo Oga, Naoya Tanaka, Staoshi Kuroda ; camera supervisor, Atsusi Okui ; editing, Takeshi Seyama ; English language version adapted by Neil Gaiman ; translated from the original Japanese by Steve Alpert, Haruyo Moriyoshi, Ian MacDougall.
