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).

Plot

Ashitaka, an Emishi prince http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mh/faq.html#emishi, saves his village from a cursed boar-god, Nago, but is cursed in the process himself. As the curse spreads, he has a short amount of time to find a cure for the curse before it kills him. He discovers the curse originated from a iron bullet shot from a hand cannon made in Irontown. There, Lady Eboshi is fighting a war against the spirits of the forest so she can extract its resources for her people. Tribes of intelligent boars, apes, and wolves, along with San (the mononoke princess of the title), who was raised by the wolves, defend the forest. Ashitaka tries to mediate and falls in love with San in the process.

Related Topics:
Emishi - Boar - God - Ape - Wolves

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