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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Original title: Kaze no tani no Naushika
  • 19841984
  • 1h 57m
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Kaze no tani no Naushika (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.

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3,935
692
  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writers
    • Hayao Miyazaki(based on the manga by)
    • Cindy Davis(english language adaptation)
    • Donald H. Hewitt(english language adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Sumi Shimamoto(voice)
    • Mahito Tsujimura(voice)
    • Hisako Kyôda(voice)
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  • Director
    • Hayao Miyazaki
  • Writers
    • Hayao Miyazaki(based on the manga by)
    • Cindy Davis(english language adaptation)
    • Donald H. Hewitt(english language adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Sumi Shimamoto(voice)
    • Mahito Tsujimura(voice)
    • Hisako Kyôda(voice)
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    • 273User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
    • 86Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 2 nominations

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    Alison Lohman and Sumi Shimamoto in Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
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    Alison Lohman and Sumi Shimamoto in Kaze no tani no Naushika (1984)
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    Sumi Shimamoto
    Sumi Shimamoto
    • Nausicaäas Nausicaä
    • (voice)
    Mahito Tsujimura
    • Jihlas Jihl
    • (voice)
    • …
    Hisako Kyôda
    Hisako Kyôda
    • Oh-Babaas Oh-Baba
    • (voice)
    Gorô Naya
    Gorô Naya
    • Yupaas Yupa
    • (voice)
    Ichirô Nagai
    Ichirô Nagai
    • Mitoas Mito
    • (voice)
    Kôhei Miyauchi
    Kôhei Miyauchi
    • Goruas Goru
    • (voice)
    Jôji Yanami
    Jôji Yanami
    • Gikkurias Gikkuri
    • (voice)
    Minoru Yada
    Minoru Yada
    • Nigaas Niga
    • (voice)
    Rihoko Yoshida
    • Tetoas Teto
    • (voice)
    • …
    Masako Sugaya
    • Girl Aas Girl A
    • (voice)
    Takako Sasuga
    • Girl Bas Girl B
    • (voice)
    Chika Sakamoto
    • Boy Aas Boy A
    • (voice)
    Tarako
    • Boy Bas Boy B
    • (voice)
    • (as TARAKO)
    Yôji Matsuda
    • Asbelas Asbel
    • (voice)
    Mîna Tominaga
    Mîna Tominaga
    • Rastelas Rastel
    • (voice)
    Mugihito
    • Mayor of Pejiteas Mayor of Pejite
    • (voice)
    • (as Makoto Terada)
    Akiko Tsuboi
    • Rastel's Motheras Rastel's Mother
    • (voice)
    Yoshiko Sakakibara
    Yoshiko Sakakibara
    • Kushanaas Kushana
    • (voice)
    • Director
      • Hayao Miyazaki
    • Writers
      • Hayao Miyazaki(based on the manga by) (screenplay by)
      • Cindy Davis(english language adaptation)
      • Donald H. Hewitt(english language adaptation)
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    An animated fantasy-adventure. Set one thousand years from now, the Earth is ravaged by pollution and war. In the Valley of the Wind lives Nausicaä, Princess of her people. Their land borders on a toxic jungle, filled with dangerous over-sized insects. Meanwhile, two nearby nations are bitterly engaged in a war and the Valley of the Wind is stuck in the middle. —grantss
    • post apocalypse
    • princess
    • giant insect
    • pollution
    • dying planet
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      • Miyazaki's epic masterpiece (2005 Disney release)
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      • Animation
      • Adventure
      • Sci-Fi
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    • Trivia
      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 Mononoke-hime (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."
    • Goofs
      During the invasion of The Valley of the Wind one of the large carrier planes is seen moving backwards.
    • 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)

    User reviews273

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    Top review
    9/10
    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.
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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
      • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds
    • Production companies
      • Nibariki
      • Tokuma Shoten
      • Hakuhodo
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    • Budget
      • $1,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $495,770
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,736,506
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 57 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.75 : 1(original aspect ratio)
      • 1.85 : 1

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