In short, Princess Mononoke is movie history. Add to this the fantastic visuals: Hayao Miyazaki uses a mixture of hand drawings and 3D rendering that are nothing short of spectacular. ![]() The story is action-packed and fast-paced, drawing freely from Japanese mythology as well as modern hot-topic political issues. ![]() While this may sound like a dichotomy, it never is that morally simplistic. What unfolds from here, is an epic tale of mythical war on many fronts, between the nature gods and humans. He rides west on a fantastic beast, where he eventually sees a young woman named San, also known as Princess Mononoke. ![]() Set during a fantastical late Muromachi period, the medieval era of Japan, in a time when many humans were still living among nature, while others set out to conquer and tame it, the movie follows a young man named Ashitaka, who he seeks cure for the curse of a boar god, giving him superhuman powers but eventually killing him.
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