Mononoke-hime
This $20 million animated adventure/fantasy quickly became the highest grossing Japanese film in Japanese film history (making $150 million in Japan during its first seven months). Set in the 14th century, the ecology-themed epic was directed by Hayao Miyazaki whose previous films were acquired by Disney for U.S. distribution plus other territories. Princess Mononoke depicts a mystical battle between Animal Gods of the forest and humans during Japan's Muromachi Period. Young Ashitaka receives a fatal infection after a demonic wild boar attacks his northern village. Seeking a cure, he sets out to locate the deer-like god Shishigami. Along the way, he sees the rape of the Earth by a mining village. The constant plundering by the village has brought the wrath of the Wolf God, Moro, who attacks the village along with San, a human who was raised by the wolf god. She communicates with the nature spirits — which is why she is called Princess Mononoke ("spirits of things"). Ashitaka wants these opposing forces to co-exist, and he hopes to bring peace between San and the ironworks owner, Lady Eboshi. However, he is thwarted as higher powers, intent on killing the Shishigama, intrude, and a battle erupts over the future of all nature. — Bhob Stewart
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Keith David | Okkoto |
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John Di Maggio | Gonza |
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Corey Burton | Additional Voices |
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Tress MacNeille | Additional Voices |
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Billy Bob Thornton | Jigo |
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Tara Strong | Kaya |
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Jada Pinkett Smith | Toki |
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Debi Derryberry | Hii-sama |
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Billy Crudup | Ashitaka |
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Pamela Segall | Additional Voices |
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Gillian Anderson | Moro |
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Minnie Driver | Lady Eboshi |
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Claire Danes | San |
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Sherry Lynn | Woman in Iron Town |
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Michael McShane | Additional Voices |
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Dwight Schultz | Additional Voices |
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John DeMita | Kohroku |
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Pat Fraley | Additional Voices |
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Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | Tatara Women's Song |
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Lewis Arquette | Additional Voices |
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John Hostetter | Additional Voices |
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Julia Fletcher | Additional Voices |
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Takashi Matsuyama | |
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Alex Fernandez | Additional Voices |
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Shiro Saito |
| Director | Hayao Miyazaki |
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| Writer | Hayao Miyazaki | |
| Producer | Scott Martin, Yutaka Narita, Seiji Okuda, Toshio Suzuki, Diana Tauder, Yasuyoshi Tokuma, Seiichiro Ujiie, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Takahiro Yonezawa | |
| Musician | Joe Hisaishi | |
| Photography | Atsushi Okui | |
| Edition | Blu-Ray + DVD |
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| Packaging | HD Case |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [English] DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [Japanese] |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Nov 18, 2014 |
| Regions | A |