Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
Why tonight?
- One of the best-reviewed films Cue holds.
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
- friendship
- human vs nature
- wolf
- fight
- wild boar
- territory
- leprosy
- feral child
- decapitation
- rural area
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Yoji Matsuda
Ashitaka (voice)
Yuriko Ishida
San / Kaya (voice)
Yuko Tanaka
Eboshi Gozen (voice)
Kaoru Kobayashi
Jikobo (voice)
- Masahiko Nishimura — Kouroku (voice)
- Tsunehiko Kamijô — Gonza (voice)
- Akihiro Miwa — Mrs. Moro (voice)
- Mitsuko Mori — Mrs. Hii (voice)
- Hisaya Morishige — Chief of Affairs (voice)
- Sumi Shimamoto — Toki (voice)
- Tetsu Watanabe — Wild Dog (voice)
- Makoto Satō — Tatari God (voice)
- Akira Nagoya — Cowherd (voice)
- Kei Iinuma — Chief of the Sick (voice)
- Tsuzuki Kayako — Kiyo (voice)
- Directed
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Written
- Hayao Miyazaki
Production
- Rating
- 8.3 / 10 · 9,250 ratings
- Studio
- Studio Ghibli, dentsu, Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Nibariki, TNDG
If this stayed with you
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