Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Cast: Yōji
Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yūko Tanaka, Kaoru Kobayashi, Masahiko
Nishimura, Tsunehiko Kamijō, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori, Hisaya
Morishige
MPAA Rating: PG-13
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To See With Eyes Unclouded By Hate
Princess Mononoke is the result of many years of hard work by Studio Ghibli founder and director Hayao Miyazaki – and that hard work shows itself, especially with its animation. Studio Ghibli has always set the bar high in terms of animation with their 2D films, but Princess Mononoke is the most visually astounding of the lot.
While the animation is brilliant, the plot also excels with a story that looks to find compromise between humans and nature. At times though the film’s lack of subtlety with its ideologies starts to make it sound preachy, and that can be a nuisance. Nevertheless, Princess Mononoke is another top notch film by one of Japan’s greatest animation studios.
