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Princess Mononoke / Mononoke Hime
San and one of the Wolf Gods
 
Japan, 1997;
133 min, Color, Vista, Dolby Digital.

Original Story/
Screenplay/
Director:
Hayao MIYAZAKI

Supervising
Animators:
Masahi ANDO
Kitaro KOSAKA
Yoshifumi KONDO

Music:
Joe HISAISHI

 
 







Poster
"It will be an action movie." -Miyazaki
(Said during the making of the film.)

Mononoke Hime (The Princess Mononoke) is the latest film from arguably the greatest Japanese animated filmmaker, Hayao Miyazaki.
Some Facts:

Released in Japan on 12th July '97. It grossed more than $150 million, with more than 13.53 million attendance. It became the No.1 movie of all time in Japan, until surpassed by "Titanic".

The film uses 144,000 cels - it is one of the most expensive Japanese animation movies ever made at 2.35 billion yen ($24 million), or twice the cost of Akira.

International release will be handled by Disney (Miramax).

Official Miramax Princess Mononoke site

US release is reported as Oct 29th, 1999.  Neil Gaiman (author of The Sandman) adapted the English version!

Q: Will the film be dubbed/subbed/cut?

Q: Where can I get it (the Japanese version)?
A: See Nausicaa.Net's availability page.

 

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CDs.
The Song.
The Story.
Related Links.
The Characters.
Mononoke Hime FAQ.
The Project Proposal.
Articles about Mononoke Hime.


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© Studio Ghibli / Nibariki / Tokuma Shoten / Miyazaki.
Used without permission for Miyazaki awareness purposes.

 
What's New?

Strong US Box Office!!


PM is now in theaters in the US!
Review quotes...
Official PM Site now Open!

US Trailer now available!

Japanese visitors, see here!
MH rated PG-13 by MPAA!

The Miramax site has some news!

'Kiki' subtitled Sep 29; Others to follow?
SGI and Ghibli article!

MH rules Japanese video!

As always, check NAUSICAA, the Miyazaki Mailing List, for the very latest news!

Screenshot
MH Trailers can
be found on
Nausicaa.Net's
MH page.

HTML,
graphics editing, this page
and the updates page by
Sampsa Virtanen.

Text content translated by Ryoko Toyama.
(Many thanks also for scanning most of the pictures and for the many suggestions and information for improving these pages!)

Additional information from
NAUSICAA Mailing List
and
WADA Mitsuhiro's Mononoke Hime page.

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