On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, th... Read allOn a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.On a journey to find the cure for a Tatarigami's curse, Ashitaka finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and Tatara, a mining colony. In this quest he also meets San, the Mononoke Hime.
- Awards
- 14 wins & 6 nominations total
Yôji Matsuda
- Ashitaka
- (voice)
Yuriko Ishida
- San
- (voice)
- …
Yûko Tanaka
- Eboshi-gozen
- (voice)
Billy Crudup
- Ashitaka
- (English version)
- (voice)
Billy Bob Thornton
- Jigo
- (English version)
- (voice)
Minnie Driver
- Lady Eboshi
- (English version)
- (voice)
John DiMaggio
- Gonza
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
Claire Danes
- San
- (English version)
- (voice)
John DeMita
- Kohroku
- (English version)
- (voice)
Jada Pinkett Smith
- Toki
- (English version)
- (voice)
Gillian Anderson
- Moro
- (English version)
- (voice)
Keith David
- Okkoto
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
Corey Burton
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
Tara Strong
- Kaya
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Tara Charandoff)
- …
Julia Fletcher
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
- (as Julia DeMita)
Debi Derryberry
- Hii-sama
- (English version)
- (voice)
- …
Alex Fernandez
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
Jack Fletcher
- Additional Voices
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWhen Harvey Weinstein obtained the North-American distribution rights to Princess Mononoke, he approached director Hayao Miyazaki and insisted on a shorter version of the film that would be better attuned to American audiences. However, Miyazaki was still so upset by the heavily cut version of his Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) (released as 'Warriors of the Wind') that he 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 film was later released in the USA in its uncut version. When asked about the incident in an interview, Miyazaki simply smiled and stated "I defeated him".
- GoofsWhen Ashitaka first visits the Forest Spirits home, he spots the Spirit's traces (shape of his hooves) underneath the water surface. But later in the movie, the spirit is seen as a walking surface, which is regarded as a goof. It isn't. The spirit, shishigami, can do whatever it pleases.
- Quotes
Osa: Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.
- Crazy creditsThere are no opening credits.
- Alternate versionsWhen aired on Canadian cable channel, YTV, a slightly different earlier "rough-cut" version of the English dub aired instead of the theatrical version. This version features some different dialogue such as in the scene where Lady Eboshi first sees San, she calls her "Wolf beast" instead of "Princess Mononoke". The singing of the movie's theme is also left in Japanese and not dubbed into English for this version.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Princess Mononoke: How the Film Was Conceived (1998)
- SoundtracksMononoke-Hime/Princess Mononoke Theme Song
(Japanese vocal version)
Lyrics By Hayao Miyazaki
Vocals by counter-tenor Yoshikazu Mera
Music composed by Joe Hisaishi
Music performed by Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra and conducted by Hiroshi Kumagai
Featured review
Princess Mononoke is, without a doubt, one of the best films I have ever witnessed. There has never been an animated film even close to this -- I kept thinking after I left the theater, how can Disney even have the guts to make another film after seeing this? Even live action movies pale in comparison to Princess Mononoke. There has never been a film to pay such close attention to details. Watch for the magnificent and subtle flying insects throughout the film, especially in the ancient forest, where bioluminescent dragonflies glide gently around the screen. There are thousands of subtleties such as this. You'd have to see it a dozen times to appreciate this film fully. Aside from it being the most beautiful film I've ever seen, it also has an enormously powerful script. The characters are some of the the most well rounded in all film. Ashitaka especially, the main character of the film, is so nuanced that he has become in my mind one of the great characters in film, up there with Charles Foster Kane and Jake LaMotta. I would compare him to Freder, the main character of Fritz Lang's Metropolis. His role in the film is a mediator between the forces of humans and the gods of nature. Both sides comment several times that Ashitaka must be on the other side, when he is trying desperately to convince everyone that there are no sides. Peace is the way. There is a little to be desired in the American voice talent. Claire Daines was certainly a wrong choice for San (Princess Mononoke), and Billy Bob Thornton just could not hide his southern accent, which made the character of Jigo seem more comical than he was probably supposed to be. Gillian Anderson's voice clashed with her character, the wolf god Moro, a bit. It hardly affected my passion. The film was so spectacular and beautiful that James Earl Jones could have voiced San and it would have detracted little. Definitely, though, I'm praying that they release the DVD with subtitle options. Anyway, Princess Mononoke is the best film of 1999, the best film of the 1990's, and, in my personal top ten list, no lower than #5, but closer to #2. 12 hours later and my heart is still beating with the power of Princess Mononoke! America: SEE IT!
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- La princesa Mononoke
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- ¥2,400,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,845,631
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $144,446
- Oct 31, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $170,327,777
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