- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Release date
- September 28 2026
- Genres
- Adventure
- Fantasy
- Family
- Censor rating description
- Not Rated
- Directors
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast
- Yuriko Ishida, Kaoru Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Eriko Ando, Yoshiaki Arai, Naoya Fujimaki, Eiji Kato, Yoshimasa Kondô
- Synopsis
A beautifully realized tale of civilization versus nature, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a true epic by Japan’s master animator Hayao Miyazaki.
While protecting his village from a rampaging boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a deadly curse. To find the cure that will save his life, he journeys deep into the sacred depths of the Great Forest Spirit’s realm where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolves. It’s not long before Ashitaka is caught in the middle of a battle between iron-ore prospecting humans and the forest dwellers. He must summon the spirit-powers and all his courage to stop man and nature from destroying
each other.
One of Miyazaki’s most dark and mature films and certainly violent, PRINCESS MONONOKE is a fantasy epic with a dire environmental message. The end result is almost Kurosawa-Esque in story and structure. Whilst initial box-office was poor in the West, eventually became Studio Ghibli’s breakthrough film off the back of home video sales.