Princess Mononoke (movie)
Alternative title:
A Princesa Mononoke (Portuguese)
Księżniczka Mononoke (Polish)
La Princesa Mononoke (Spanish)
Mononoke Hime (Japanese)
Princesa Mononoke (Portuguese)
Princesse Mononoké (French)
Principessa Mononoke (Italian)
Prinsessan Mononoke (Swedish)
Prinsesse Mononoke (Danish)
Prinzessin Mononoke (German)
Принцесса Мононоке (Russian)
もののけ姫 (Japanese)
幽靈公主 (Chinese (Hong Kong))
魔法公主 (Chinese (Taiwan))
모노노케 히메 (Korean)
원령공주 (Korean)
Themes:
animism,
anthropomorphs,
deforestation,
demons,
environmentalism,
forest spirit,
forests,
gods,
gore,
magical creatures,
Muromachi era,
Shintoism,
spirits,
war
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
While fighting to save his village from the attack of a demon-god, Ashitaka comes in contact with it and is inflicted with a deadly curse. In his search for a cure he is forced to leave his village forever and journey to the forest inhabited by animal gods. There he finds himself in the middle of a war between the forest gods and a village led by Lady Eboshi.
User Ratings:
10012 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
133 minutes
Production cost:
¥2,400,000,000
Vintage:
1997
2005-05-09 (Señal Colombia - Colombia)
2006-12-30 (Spain, Cuatroº)
Premiere date:
1997-07-12 (Japan)
1999-08-13 (United States, Special Premiere Showing at Comicon)
1999-10-29 (United States and Canada wide release)
2000-01-12 (France)
2000-01-25 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2000-04-29 (Japan, In English with Japanese Subtitles)
2000-09-08 (Poland)
2001-01-04 (Croatia)
2003-12-24 (Germany, RTL II - TV Premiere)
2006-01-28 (Canada, YTV)
Release dates: We have 35
Chronology:
(1994-08) Started Production
Opening Theme:
"Ashitaka Sekki" (アシタカせっき; "The Legend of Ashitaka") by Joe Hisaishi
Ending Theme:
"Mononoke Hime" (もののけ姫) by Joe Hisaishi
Official website:
Links: We have 9
Trivia: We have 9
Comment:
At just under US$20 million production costs, Princess Mononoke was the most expensive anime ever created when it was released.
Princess Mononoke was also the most successful Japanese, and in fact international (non-US) film ever created. Princess Mononoke earned over US$150 million at the Japanese box office. Mononoke was, however, beaten at the Japanese box office shortly after by the US-produced Titanic, but it kept its title as the most successful Japanese film ever produced until Miyazaki's Sen to Chihiro surpassed it, earning in excess of $200 million dollars in Japan alone (also surpassing Titanic for the Japanese box office crown).
Mononoke was included when Disney and Tokuma signed an agreement in 1996 giving Disney exclusive worldwide rights to a number of Ghibli films. Part of the deal in fact stipulated that Disney must release Mononoke theatrically in the United States. Disney agreed to this without ever seeing Mononoke.
When Disney finally saw Mononoke for the first time it was nothing like what they expected (they expected a cute, children's anime similar to Miyazaki's other films), but they were contractually obligated to release it.
The North American theatrical run of Princess Mononoke was deemed an abysmal failure in the end, the most successful international film ever created (at the time) earned a paltry $2.4 million dollars in the United States and Canada.
Reviews:
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Director: Hayao Miyazaki Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki Music: Joe Hisaishi Original story: Hayao Miyazaki Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi Advertising Producer: Chihiro Tsukue Fumiyo Sasada Mariko Kato Masaru Tsuchiya Masaru Yabe Michiyo Koyanagi Mieko Hara Mika Watanabe Morikazu Wakizaka Naoto Okamura Nozomi Fukuda Shigeto Arai Yusuke Tomoda Assistant Audio Director: Kei Mayama Assistant producer: Takahiro Yonezawa Associate producer: Seiji Okuda Background Art: Hiroaki Sasaki Hisae Saito Junichi Taniguchi Kiyomi Ōta Kyōko Naganawa Masako Nagata Naomi Kasugai Noboru Yoshida Ryōko Ina Sadayuki Arai Sayaka Hirahara Seiki Tamura Camera Supervisor: Atsushi Okui Chief Executive Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma Color design: Michiyo Yasuda Digital Ink & Paint: Akira Sugino Hiroaki Ishii Kanako Takahashi (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio) Keiichiro Hattori Makiko Satō Megumi Ishido (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio) Yuki Murata (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio) Yukiko Kakita (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio) Yumiko Shimoe (Takahashi Production/T2 Studio) Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio Editing: Takeshi Seyama Film Development, Digital Film I/O: Hideo Tsuji Film Development, Optical: Masaharu Sekiguchi Film Development, Technical Cooperation: Mikio Mori Film Development, Timing: Hiroaki Hirabayashi Inbetween / Clean-up Animation: Komasa Akihiko Adachi Akihiko Uda (Telecom Animation Film) Akiko Teshima Alexandra Weihrauch Atsuko Matsushita Atsushi Tamura Chiharu Haraguchi Daisuke Nakayama David Encinas Emiko Iwayanagi Eriko Shibata Hana Kikuchi Hiroko Tezuka Hiroko Yasutome (Telecom Animation Film) Hiromasa Yonebayashi Hiromi Furuya Hiromi Nishikawa Hisako Yaji Kaori Fujii Kazuko Hirai (Telecom Animation Film) Kazuko Shibata Keiko Nakaji (Telecom Animation Film) Keiko Tomizawa Keiko Watanabe Keiko Yozawa (Telecom Animation Film) Kiyoko Makita Kōjirō Tsuruoka Kumiko Ōta Kumiko Tanihira Kuri Sawa Makiko Suzuki Manabu Kawada Mariko Suzuki Masae Tanabe Masae Tomino (Telecom Animation Film) Masako Kodaka (Telecom Animation Film) Masako Sakano Masayo Fujikura (Telecom Animation Film) Maya Fujimori Mayu Yazawa (Telecom Animation Film) Mayumi Ōmura Mayumi Yamamoto Mineko Ueda (Telecom Animation Film) Minori Noguchi Misuzu Kurata Miyoko Shikibe (Telecom Animation Film) Morihiko Yano Natsuko Iimori (Telecom Animation Film) Natsuko Watanabe (Telecom Animation Film) Noriko Odaka Reiko Mano Rie Kondō Rie Niidome Rie Shimizu Ritsuko Shiina Sachiko Kobayashi Seiko Higashi Shin Itagaki (Telecom Animation Film) Shinobu Mōri (Telecom Animation Film) Shinobu Tsuneki Sumie Nishido Tamami Yamada Yayoi Toki Yōko Nagashima Yoko Toju (Telecom Animation Film) Yoshie Hayashi Yukari Yamaura Yukie Sakō Yumiko Kitajima Ink & Paint: Akiko Aihara (Trace Studio M) Akiko Ono Atsushi Kodama (Studio Killy) Chie Harai (Studio Killy) Chiemi Miyamoto (Studio Killy) Chiyomi Morisawa (Studio Killy) Eiichi Suzuki Emiko Motohashi (Trace Studio M) Eriko Ishikawa (Telecom Animation Film) Fumiko Hirabayashi (Studio Killy) Fumiko Oda Hiroko Otsuki (Trace Studio M) Hiromi Tsuchiya (Studio Killy) Hisashi Nabetani (IM Studio) Junko Kanauchi (Trace Studio M) Junko Miyakawa (Telecom Animation Film) Junko Nagaoka (Telecom Animation Film) Kaori Anmi (IM Studio) Kaori Ishikawa (Studio Killy) Kaori Yajima (Studio Killy) Kaoru Morita (IM Studio) Kaoru Nakagama (Studio Killy) Kazue Urayama (Studio Killy) Kazuhiro Hirabayashi (Studio Killy) Kazuko Kurosawa (Toei Animation) Kazuko Tsunoda (Studio Killy) Kazuko Yamada Kazumi Ouchi (IM Studio) Kazuo Kobayashi (IM Studio) Keiko Goto (Studio Killy) Keiko Sasaki (Studio Killy) Keiko Satō (IM Studio) Kimiko Hatano (Studio Killy) Kimiyo Okunishi (Toei Animation) Kinuyo Maehara (IM Studio) Kiyomi Fujihashi (Toei Animation) Makiko Ota (Telecom Animation Film) Mari Hitokurai (Telecom Animation Film) Mariko Shimizu (Studio Killy) Masako Osumi (Studio Killy) Megumi Matsuo (Trace Studio M) Michiyo Iseda (IM Studio) Mihoko Irie (Toei Animation) Mito Ozaki (IM Studio) Miyoko Yoshida (Studio Killy) Naomi Anzai (Trace Studio M) Naomi Atsuta Naomi Takahashi (Studio Killy) Nobuko Watanabe (Studio Killy) Reiko Daigo (Trace Studio M) Sachiko Funasaki (IM Studio) Sayuri Nagashima (Telecom Animation Film) Sayuri Takagi (Studio Killy) Shizuka Ishiguro (Studio Killy) Sigeko Akanuma (IM Studio) Sonoe Sakano (Toei Animation) Sumiko Furuya (Toei Animation) Tae Tochihara (IM Studio) Tatsumi Yukiwaki Tomoko Totsuka (Toei Animation) Tomoko Yamamoto (Telecom Animation Film) Tomomi Tenma (IM Studio) Toshiko Iwakiri (Studio Killy) Toyomi Nishimura (IM Studio) Wakako Sugiyama (Trace Studio M) Yoriko Asai (IM Studio) Yoshiko Igarashi (Toei Animation) Yoshimi Nishiwaki (Telecom Animation Film) Yukie Nomura Yumiko Kimura (IM Studio) Yuriko Katayama Yuriko Kudo (Studio Killy) Internet Coordinator: Noriko Ishimitsu Key Animation: Atsuko Ōtani Atsuko Tanaka (Telecom Animation Film) Eiji Yamamori Hideaki Yoshio Hiroko Minowa Hiroshi Shimizu Ikuo Kuwana Katsuya Kondō Kenichi Konishi Kenichi Yamada Kenichi Yoshida Makiko Futaki Mariko Matsuo Masaaki Endō Masako Shinohara Masaru Matsuse Megumi Kagawa Michio Mihara Noriko Moritomo Sachiko Sugino Shinji Ōtsuka Shinsaku Sasaki Takehiro Noda Takeshi Inamura Toshio Kawaguchi Tsutomu Awada Yoshinori Kanada Optical Recording: Futoshi Ueda Orchestra Conductor: Hiroshi Kumagai Production Committee: Akio Ichimura (Studio Ghibli) Daisuke Kadoya (NTV) Eiko Fujitsu (Studio Ghibli) Hidehiko Takei (NTV) Junko Itō (Tokuma Shoten) Kako Nomoto (NTV) Kazuaki Itō (NTV) Minoru Muroi (Tokuma Shoten) Mitsuyoshi Katsurada (Dentsu) Noboru Tsukahara (Tokuma Shoten) Nobuhisa Sakata (NTV) Noritoshi Aoyagi (Dentsu) Ryoichi Fukuyama (Dentsu) Seiji Urushido (NTV) Shigeru Kobayashi (Studio Ghibli) Shogo Komagata (Studio Ghibli) Shokichi Arai (Studio Ghibli) Shozo Katsuta (Dentsu) Sue Fujimoto (NTV) Takaya Noda (Dentsu) Tomoki Horaguchi (Studio Ghibli) Tomoko Kamiya (NTV) Tsutomu Ōtsuka (Tokuma Shoten) Yoshiko Nagasaki (NTV) Yushin Soga (Dentsu) Production manager: Toshiyuki Kawabata Publishing Development: Yukari Tai Recording & Sound Mixing: Shūji Inoue Recording Assistant: Masahiro Fukuhara Software Development: Michael Arias (uncredited) Sound Effects Assistant: Takahisa Ishino Soundtrack CD Production: Tomoko Okada Special Art Effects: Yoshikazu Fukutome Special Effects: Kaoru Tanifuji Kumiko Taniguchi Kunji Tanifuji Masahiro Murakami Tomoji Hashizume Toyohiko Sakakibara Special Media Advisor: Masaya Tokuyama Theme Song Arrangement: Joe Hisaishi Theme Song Composition: Joe Hisaishi Theme Song Lyrics: Hayao Miyazaki Theme Song Performance: Yoshikazu Mera Trace Machine: Tatsumi Yukiwaki | Yōji Matsuda as Yuriko Ishida as Sumi Shimamoto as Yūko Tanaka as Akihiro Miwa as Akira Nagoya as Akira Sakamoto as Daikichi Sugawara as Hisaya Morishige as Ikuko Yamamoto as Kaoru Kobayashi as Kimihiro Reizei as Kisa Iinuma as Makoto Satō as Masahiko Nishimura as Mitsuko Mori as Satoi Iinuma as Shirō Saitō as Sumi Shimamoto as Takako Fuji as Tetsu Watanabe as Tsunehiko Kamijō as Yayoi Kazuki as Yoshimasa Kondo as Yuriko Ishida as | |||
Advertising: TOHO Audio Recording: Omnibus Promotion Film Developing: Imagica Film Preview Production: Gal Enterprise Inbetween / Clean-up Animation: Telecom Animation Film Ink & Paint: Anime House Hadashi Pro IM Studio Monsieur Onion Peacock Studio Add Studio Killy Studio OM Aomori Works Studio OZ Telecom Animation Film Toei Animation Trace Studio M Key Animation: Telecom Animation Film Main Animation Studio: Studio Ghibli Music Performance: Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra Production Studio: Studio Ghibli Recording & Mixing: Tokyo TV Center Sound Effects Production Support: VOX Soundtrack CD Production: Tokuma Japan Communications Special Media Support: The Yomiuri Shimbun | ||||
Adaptation: Neil Gaiman ADR Editor: Ernie Sheesley ADR Script Consultant: Jack Fletcher Apprentice Editor: Benu Bhargara Associate producer: Diana Tauder Re-Recording Mixing: Dominick Tavella Screenplay adaptation: Neil Gaiman Theme Song Adaptation: Neil Gaiman Theme Song Performance: Sasha Lazard Theme Song Translation: Steve Alpert Voice Direction: Jack Fletcher | Billy Crudup as Claire Danes as Billy Bob Thornton as Gillian Anderson as Jada Pinkett-Smith as Minnie Driver as Jennifer Cihi as John Demita as John Di Maggio as Leslie Ishii as Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Tara Charendoff as | |||
Broadcaster: Cartoon Network (Toonami) Independent Film Channel (IFC Canada) Independent Film Channel Canada Turner Classic Movies YTV Distributor: Alliance Films (Canada) GKIDS Madman Entertainment (Australia) Milan Records (soundtrack) Optimum Releasing (UK) Shout! Factory (2017) Titles: Pacific Title / Mirage | ||||
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Distributor: Dai Won DVD | ||||
Adaptation: Jean-Marc Pannetier Dialogue Editing: Patrick Taieb Dialogue Recording: Jean-Charles Liozu Production manager: Dalila Trabelsi Re-Recording Mixing: Jean-Charles Liozu Subtitling: Catherine Cadou | Cédric Dumond as Virginie Méry as Adèle Carasso as André Chaumeau as Catherine Sola as François Siener as Jacqueline Danno as Jérôme Pauwels as Micky Sebastian as Saïd Amadis as | |||
Dialogue Recording: Dubbing Brothers Distributor: Buena Vista Home Entertainment (France) | ||||
Dubbing Director: Eduardo Gutierrez (Spain dub) Germán José (Catalan dub) Juan Alfonso Carralero (Mexican 2010 redub) ADR Script: Eduardo Gutierrez (Spain dub) Adaptation: Montse Ferrer (Catalan dub) Creative Supervision: Santiago Aguirre (Spain dub) Language Consultant: Montse Ferrer (Catalan dub) Music Director: Santiago Aguirre (Spain dub) Subtitle Translation: Ayako Kishi (Aurum; 2010) | Albert Trifol Segarra as Angélica Rodríguez Ovalle as David Robles as Eva Díez as Inés Moraleda as Jahel Morga as Alejandra de la Rosa as Alex Meseguer as Amparo Valencia as Carlos Enrique Bonilla as Germán José as María Luisa Rubio as Mercedes Montalá as Pep Sais as Pepa Castro as Roberto Cuenca Martínez as Abilio Fernández as Angel Amorós as Antonio Fernández Sánchez as Antonio Villar as Carlos Ysbert as Cecilia Santiago as César López as Charo Soria as Daniel Dicenta as Eduardo Gutierrez as Eduardo Moreno as Elena Rubio as Enrique Cazorla as Fernando Cabrera as Fernando Chinarro as Francisco Torres as Francisco Andrés Valdivia as Javier Lopez as Jesús Díaz as Jesús Jiménez as Joan Crosas as Juan Fernández as Juan Carlos Lozano as Julián Rodríguez as Luis Bajo as Luis Gaspar as Luis Marín as Luis Mas as Manuel Osto as Margarita De Francia as Margarita Ponce as María Jesús Varona as María José Maestro as Maria Josep Guasch as Marta Covas as Matilde Conesa as Mayte Tajadura as Meritxell Sota as Miguel Zúñiga as Miguel Ángel Montero as Montse Puga as Paco Hernández as Paloma Porcel as Pedro Tena as Pilar López Mijares as Pilar Martín as Rafael Torres as Ramón Reparaz as Roberto Encinas as Ruperto Ares as Tere Salazar de Quintanilla as Tony Canal as Vicente Gisbert as Xavier Martín Alonso as Amadeu Aguado Arisbet Guerrero David Espuña Eleazar Muñoz Jaume Cuartero Jordi Pineda Juan Alfonso Carralero Marina Ibáñez Marta Colomer Narcís Carreras Pepe Òdena Ricardo Rocha Toni Astigarraga Valeria Caballero | |||
Broadcaster: Canal CinemaPlus (Latin America) Canal MAX (Latin America) Canal RCN (Colombia) Cinema + (Colombia) laSexta3 (Spain; 2011-12-24) Señal Colombia (Colombia) Distributor: Babilla Ciné (Colombia | Theatrical; DVD and Blu-ray) Buena Vista International (Spain) Edisur (Chile; import) Vértigo Films (Spain; 2015) Dubbing Studio: Audioprojects (Catalan dub) Euroaudiovisual (Madrid, Spain) Musitrón S.A. de C.V. (Mexican original dub) Zima Entertainment (Mexican 2010 redub) DVD Distribution: Babilla Ciné (Colombia) Internet Streaming: Canal RCN (Colombia) Código Animé (Zima Entertainment dub; expired) Netflix Señal Colombia (Colombia) Licensed by: Aurum Producciones (Spain; 2009; expired) Miramax Films (Spain; expired) Vértigo Films (Spain; 2018) Zima Entertainment (Mexico) Theatrical Releaser: Babilla Ciné (Colombia | Theatrical) | ||||
Translation: Giorgio Nardoni (modified dubbing) ADubbing Assistant: Yuri Bedini Dubbing Assistant: Liselotte Parisi (modified dubbing) Dubbing Engineer: Mauro Messi Mixage: Mario Frezza (modified dubbing) | Alessandro Quarta as Joy Saltarelli as Laura Lenghi as Lorenzo De Angelis as Francesca Guadagno as Giorgio Lopez as Ludovica Modugno as Marzia Ubaldi as Pino Insegno as Valeria Vidali as Ambrogio Colombo as Angelo Nicotra as Bruno Alessandro as Daniele Valenti as Eleonora De Angelis as Enzo Avolio as Gianluca Crisafi as Glauco Onorato as Joy Saltarelli as Mauro Magliozzi as Mino Caprio as Oliviero Dinelli as Paolo Buglioni as Sergio Fiorentini as Stefano Mondini as | |||
ADR Director: Benedikt Rabanus Script: Cornelius Frommann | Alexander Brem as Stefanie Beba as Christoph Jablonka as Claudia Lössl as Claus Brockmeyer as Dirk Galuba as Jochen Striebeck as Mady Rahl as Marietta Meade as Mogens von Gadow as Shandra Schadt as | |||
Dubbing Director: Dimitri Stolk Mixing: Maikel Warmerdam Project Management: Vivian Andriese Subtitling: Jan Jacob Mekes (Netflix) | Fé van Kessel as Sander Pieterse as Donna Vrijhof as Ewout Eggink as Fé van Kessel as Huub Dikstaal as Jannemien Cnossen as Jelle Amersfoort as Maria Lindes as Reinder van der Naalt as Simon Zwiers as | |||
Dubbing: Iyuno Media Group Internet Streaming: Netflix | ||||
Dubbing Director: Alexander Filchenko | Oleg Bondar as Alexander Filchenko as Alexander Laenko as Boris Goloshchapov as Catherine Toborovets as Hope Leonovabiografiya as Lyudmila Guskova as Maria Bondarenko as Mavlyuda Gulyamova as Michael Kadanin as Nicholas Shmargunov as Olga Mackiewicz as Paul Rukavitsyn as Tatiana Sezonenko as Vasiliy Markov as Veronica Raytsiz as Vladislav Cherniavsky as Vladislav Morgunov as | |||
Broadcaster: FAN TV (2019) | ||||
(none) | Amalie Dollerup as Simon Nøiers as Ann Hjort as Clara Oxholm as Anette Støvelbæk Anne-Lise Gabold Henning Moritzen Henrik Koefoed Jette Sievertsen Johannes Lasen Mads M. Nielsen Martin Greiss Max Emil Nissen Peter Plauborg Sune Geertsen | |||
DVD Publisher: Scanbox (Release of the DVD) | ||||
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Voice-over Production: Dubbfilm Studio (Monolith) | ||||
Dubbing Director: Telmo de Avelar Translation: Telmo de Avelar | Fernanda Crispim as Peterson Adriano as Carlos Seidl as Dário de Castro as José Santacruz as Márcio Seixas as Mário Monjardim as Maurício Berger as Mauro Ramos as Miguel Rosemberg as Nelly Amaral as Pietro Mário as Ricardo Juarez as Selma Lopes as Sylvia Salustti as Telmo de Avelar as Vera Miranda as | |||
Broadcaster: Canal MAX (subtituled-Brazil) Dubbing Studio: Herbert Richers Internet Streaming: Netflix (Brazil) | ||||
(none) | Distributor: Deltamac Co., Ltd. | |||
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(none) | Licensed by: Intercontinental Video Limited | |||
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