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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Original title: Kaze no tani no Naushika
  • 1984
  • 1h 57m
IMDb RATING
8.0/10
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
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Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writers
    • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Kazunori Itô
  • Stars
    • Sumi Shimamoto
    • Mahito Tsujimura
    • Hisako Kyôda
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.0/10
    191K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,164
    1
    • Director
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Writers
      • Hayao Miyazaki
      • Kazunori Itô
    • Stars
      • Sumi Shimamoto
      • Mahito Tsujimura
      • Hisako Kyôda
    • 306User reviews
    • 141Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Sumi Shimamoto
    Sumi Shimamoto
    • Nausicaä
    • (voice)
    Mahito Tsujimura
    • Jihl
    • (voice)
    • …
    Hisako Kyôda
    Hisako Kyôda
    • Oh-Baba
    • (voice)
    Gorô Naya
    Gorô Naya
    • Yupa
    • (voice)
    Ichirô Nagai
    Ichirô Nagai
    • Mito
    • (voice)
    Kôhei Miyauchi
    Kôhei Miyauchi
    • Goru
    • (voice)
    Jôji Yanami
    Jôji Yanami
    • Gikkuri
    • (voice)
    Minoru Yada
    Minoru Yada
    • Niga
    • (voice)
    Rihoko Yoshida
    • Teto
    • (voice)
    • …
    Masako Sugaya
    • Girl A
    • (voice)
    Takako Sasuga
    • Girl B
    • (voice)
    Chika Sakamoto
    • Boy A
    • (voice)
    Tarako
    • Boy B
    • (voice)
    • (as TARAKO)
    Yôji Matsuda
    • Asbel
    • (voice)
    Mîna Tominaga
    Mîna Tominaga
    • Rastel
    • (voice)
    Mugihito
    • Mayor of Pejite
    • (voice)
    • (as Makoto Terada)
    Akiko Tsuboi
    • Rastel's Mother
    • (voice)
    Yoshiko Sakakibara
    Yoshiko Sakakibara
    • Kushana
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Writers
      • Hayao Miyazaki
      • Kazunori Itô
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    insightstraight

    THE film to challenge people's assumptions about anime.

    I saw the dubbed version years ago and, even in that form, was taken by the imaginative visuals, interesting storyline, and worthwhile characters. I was also impressed by the fact the lead character was a strong young woman, who was a "warrior" yet whose greatest strength lay in her compassion (rather than striving to become a female Rambo.)

    I tracked down a copy of the VHS and sent it to my young nieces, pleased with a "kid's" movie which provided a positive role model without being dumb. The movie captivated them as well -- they wore the tape out, and it started them on a lifelong interest in anime. It was they who sent me the uncut subtitled version years later, completing the circle.

    Nausicaa is decent science fiction, often breath-taking animation, and unusually *human* characters, and every time I see it I am glad I returned. Everyone should give it a chance, especially those who have written off anime as "round eyed kids and lots of explosions".
    9mahlersoboes

    A Masterpiece of Animated Cinema

    Director Hayao Miyazaki won a place in my heart after I saw his 2001 film Spirited Away. I'm in no position to claim to be an expert on Miyazaki (I've only seen three of his films), nor am I really a big fan of Japanese animation; but I can safely say that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is one of the very best animated films I have ever seen. The beauty of the animation is stunning, with its close attention to detail--every frame is constructed as a work of art--and the story is enthralling. As with other Miyazaki films, the majority of characters are much more three-dimensional that you typically get in Western animated features, and nearly all of them aren't exactly what they seem to be.

    Nausicaä, which is based on Miyazaki's gargantuan Manga series, is set in the distant future, after fires destroyed much of the earth. The world is being consumed by the Sea of Decay, a toxic forest that spreads through airborne spores and is protected by giant insects called ohmu. The Valley of the Wind is one of the last pure places on earth, and its Princess, Nausicaä, is a strong-willed yet free-spirited young woman seeking to solve the mystery of the Sea of Decay. A nearby nation, which claims to have harnessed the power that allowed humans to rule the earth a thousand years before, takes over after a plane carrying a mysterious living cargo crashes in the valley. What follows in the film is a struggle, not of good versus evil, but of man versus nature. The story is complex, as is its message, and Miyazaki has ingeniously spun deep complexities into the animated characters: what look like foes may not be, and what look like friends may be a bit more dangerous.

    The animation is colorful, sweeping, expansive, and beautiful, as are the plot and characters. There is an immediacy to the story that makes a big emotional impact and makes us question how we handle our position in nature. As one of the characters in the film asks, have humans become but a tribe destined to be swallowed by the Sea of Decay? It is ultimately a film about compassion in the face of violence and war, which is what makes it so different from Western features.

    Disney's recent DVD release is excellent. The film can be watched either in the original Japanese audio or Pixar's dub with Patrick Stewart and Uma Thurman, and there are separate subtitles for each language track--a literal one (hallelujah!) for the Japanese track, and a more closed-captions style set for the English track. The film is so stunning in the Japanese that I have never considered watching the dub, though a fellow film buff has said that it is "not so bad." After this film was released in the US in the 1980s in a completely mangled version called Warriors of the Wind, Miyazaki suspended all US rights of all his other films until the distributor would honor the stipulation that they be released without any editing. The fact that Disney, which is known for watering down nearly everything it touches, has done this with such a non-Western-style movie is amazing.
    choden

    A Corner Stone

    Now that everyone knows Miyazaki is a great talent and he has been doing many great stuff, his earlier works are internationally popular. After Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi, Miyazaki's well deserved fame got huge. Since his fame increased, his older works has been taken from the drawers to upper shelves and this is leading to discussions of which of his works are better than which. Kaze no tani no Naushika has been compared many times with his Mononoke - hime, however regarding how Naushika formed a perfect background for the further works of Miyazaki, this comparison is not very fair. Kaze no tani no Naushika is the basis of Miyazaki's charming mastery which becomes more and more apparent in 1990s. It features one of the greatest heroines in anime history in an unusual sci-fi environment. The story of the film shows us how resourceful human imagination can be. What makes Naushika a cornerstone is not only this efficient story telling but also the visual fiesta that it has been presented in. So lose no time in comparing this film to another, instead savor it again and again.
    8Xstal

    'The atmosphere is saturated with anger'...

    ... and it's only got angrier since this epic critique of the damage and destruction the human race affects against the flora and fauna of the place we call home, as well as upon itself. Visionary, prophetic, disturbing and heartbreaking, often concurrently, a testament to future generations that we were fully aware of our impact and neglect, that we chose to do very little about it and that what we did do was long after the horse, the fish, the insects (especially the bees) had bolted.
    10Fangor

    The film of all times.

    The film of all times. My personal favorite of all films, anime and non-anime. It has it all, a great, involving story that holds many important lessons of life. Interesting characters. Action, adventure, and above all feeling, the mood just sucks me in and holds on till the very end and beyond. The music is epic, and the animation is top class. The setting is a futuristic kind of midevil inspired fantasy... if that says anything... but anyway it feels very real although fantastic and apeals to me. This movie is from the very heart of Hayao Miyazaki, the master of anime... Its so sad that the dubbed version was so butchered, it was the first version I saw(actualy the swedish dubbing of the american dubbing(sigh)) and I thaught it was great, but now that I have seen the original, a new door has opened and revealed a true masterpiece. I recomend this film to all and everyone. Average 10(10)

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    • Trivia
      When Nausicaä was first released as an English dub in the U.S. in 1985 it was drastically cut down to 1 hour and 35 minutes and titled Warriors of the Wind. Writer and Director Hayao Miyazaki was still so upset by the truncated "Warriors of the Wind" version of Nausicaä that when Harvey Weinstein approached him to discuss the distribution to his following film Princess Mononoke (1997) and insisted on a similar heavily cut version of the movie, Miyazaki angrily left the meeting. Several days later, Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki sent a katana sword to Weinstein's office with "NO CUTS" embedded into its blade. The movie was later released in the U.S. in its uncut version. During a later interview, Miyazaki commented on the incident by smiling and stating, "I defeated him." Nausicaä was his only film to suffer heavy editing on first release. In 1995 the US rights returned to Miyazaki and he made a distribution deal with Disney. In 2003 a new English dub with Patrick Stewart and Uma Thurman was released in the uncut 117 minute (1hr 57min) version. - James LaPierre WUD Films
    • Goofs
      During the climactic battle scene, the design of Oh-Baba's headband changes several times. It sometimes has gold beads instead of gold-circled turquoise beads on the end-pieces, and alternately terminates with a single or a double line of cord.
    • Quotes

      Nausicaä: Every one of us relies on water from the wells, because mankind has polluted all the lakes and rivers. but do you know why the well water is pure? It's because the trees of the wastelands purify it! And you plan to burn the trees down? You must not burn down the toxic jungle! You should have left the giant warrior beneath the earth!... Asbel, tell them how the jungle evolved and how the insects are gaurding it so we won't pollute the earth again. Asbel please!

    • Crazy credits
      As the credits roll we see life returning to normal in the valley: Kushana, Kurotowa and the Tolmekian fleet leave peacefully, after Nausicaä has unheard words for Kushana. The denizens of the Valley of the Wind replant trees in the burned-down forest. Lord Yupa and Asbel ride Yupa's beasts to the Toxic Jungle and explore it. When the text "The End" appears on screen we see Nausicaa's discarded helmet in the forest, alongside a green, non-Toxic Jungle sapling.
    • Alternate versions
      In the original Japanese version of the film, a World Wildlife logo praising the film is displayed at the beginning. For the US release from Disney, this logo was replaced with a typical Studio Ghibli logo.
    • Connections
      Edited into Tales of the Valley of the Wind (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Symbolic Theme Song)
      Lyrics by Takashi Matsumoto

      Music by Haruomi Hosono

      Arranged by Mitsuo Hagita

      Vocals by Narumi Yasuda (Tokuma Japan)

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    • Release date
      • November 25, 1987 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Disney (United States)
      • Disney's official site
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Guerreros del viento
    • Production companies
      • Nibariki
      • Tokuma Shoten
      • Hakuhodo
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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $495,770
    • Gross worldwide
      • $9,012,301
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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