1997 · animation · fantasy
Princess Mononoke
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki2h 14m1997
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
Our read: Princess Mononoke (1997) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive animation · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
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Neutral, kinetic, measured animation / fantasy, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- intense
- epic-stakes
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