Princess Mononoke

Princess Mononoke (もののけ姫 - Mononoke Hime) is a Japanese animated film by Hayao Miyazaki and first released in Japan on 12 July, 1997).

Credits

Production

• Direction, original story, screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki
• Music: Joe Hisaishi
• Production: Studio Ghibli
• Executive producers: Seiichiro Ujiie & Yutaka Narita
• Producer: Toshio Suzuki
• English language script for the US version: Neil Gaiman
• Voice director: Jack Fletcher

Cast

The movie stars the following actors (listed in English version/Japanese version format):

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• Billy Crudup/Yōji Matsuda - Ashitaka
• Claire Danes/Yuriko Ishida - San
• Gillian Anderson/Akihiro Miwa - Moro
• Minnie Driver/Yūko Tanaka - Lady Eboshi
• Billy Bob Thornton/Kaoru Kobayashi - Jigo/Jiko Bou
• Jada Pinkett Smith/Sumi Shimamoto - Toki
• Keith David/Hisaya Morishige - Okkoto/Okkotonushi
• John DiMaggio/Tsunehiko Kamijo - Gonza
• John DeMita/Masahiko Nishimura - Kohroku
• Tara Strong/Yuriko Ishida - Kaya

Awards

• Best Movie; The 21st Japan Academy Award
• Best Japanese Movie, Best Animation, and Japanese Movie Fans' Choice; The 52nd Mainichi Movie Competition
• Best Japanese Movie and Readers' Choice; Asahi Best Ten Film Festival
• Excellent Movie Award; The Agency for Cultural Affairs
• Grand Prize in Animation Division; The 1st Media Arts Festival (by the Agency for Cultural Affairs of the Ministry of Education)
• Best Director; Takasaki Film Festival
• Best Japanese Movie; The Association of Movie Viewing Groups
• Movie Award; The 39th Mainichi Art Award
• Best Director; Tokyo Sports Movie Award
• Nihon Keizai Shinbun Award for Excellency; Nikkei Awards for Excellent Products/Service (details)
• Theater Division Award; Asahi Digital Entertainment Award
• MMCA Special Award; Multimedia Grand Prix 1997
• Best Director and Yujiro Ishihara Award; Nikkan Sports Movie Award
• Special Achivement Award; The Movie's Day
• Special Award; Houchi Movie Award
• Special Award; Blue Ribbon Award
• Special Award; Osaka Film Festival
• Special Award; Elandore Award
• Cultural Award; Fumiko Yamaji Award
• Grand Prize and Special Achievement Award; Golden Gross Award
• First Place, best films of the year; The 26th "Pia Ten"
• First Place; Japan Movie Pen Club, 1997 Best 5 Japanese Movies
• First Place; 1997 Kinema Junpo Japanese Movies Best 10 (Readers' Choice)
• Second Place; 1997 Kinema Junpo Japanese Movies Best 10 (Critics' Choice)
• Best Director; 1997 Kinema Junpo Japanese Movies (Readers' Choice)
• First Place; Best Comicker's Award
• First Place; CineFront Readers' Choice
• Nagaharu Yodogawa Award; RoadShow
• Best Composer and Best Album Production; 39th Japan Record Award
• Excellent Award; Yomiruri Award for Film/Theater Advertisement