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Mononoke hime (1997)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 1997
Running Times: 133 mins
Format: Fujicolor
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby Digital

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Dentsu / Nippon Television Network / Studio Ghibli / Tokuma Shoten
Executive Producer: Yasuyoshi Tokuma
Producer: Toshio Suzuki

SCRIPT
Script: Hayao Miyazaki
English Language Script: Neil Gaiman

DIRECTION
Director: Hayao Miyazaki

ANIMATION
Animation Directors: Masashi Ando, Yoshifumi Kondo, Kitaro Kosaka

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Atsushi Okui

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editing: Hayao Miyazaki, Takeshi Seyama

MUSIC
Music: Jô Hisaishi

SOUND
Sound: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Re-Recording Mixer: Dominic Tavella, James Twomey

VOICES
Yôji Matsuda (Prince Ashitaka)
Yuriko Ishida (San, The Princess Mononoke)
Yûko Tanaka (Lady Eboshi)
Kaoru Kobayashi (Jiko Bou)
Akihiro Miwa (Moro)
Masahiko Nishimura (Kôroku)
Tsunehiko Kamijoe (Gonza)
Sumi Shimamoto (Toki)
Mitsuko Mori (Oracle)
Hisaya Morishige (Okkoto)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE VOICES
Gillian Anderson (Moro)
Claire Danes (San, The Princess Mononoke)
Billy Crudup (Prince Ashitaka)
Minnie Driver (Lady Eboshi)
Billy Bob Thornton (Jigo)
Keith David (Okkoto)
John DeMita (Kohroku)
John Di Maggio (Gonza)
Tress MacNeille (ironworker)
Corey Burton, Keith David, John Di Maggio, Alex Fernández, Jack Fletcher, Patrick Fraley, John Hostetter, John Rafter Lee, Tress MacNeille, Matt McKenzie, Michael McShane, Matt K. Miller, Adam Paul, David Rasner, Dwight Schultz (additional voices)

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributor: Gaumont Buena Vista International

Hong Kong
Theatrical Distributor: EDKO Film Ltd

Japan
Theatrical Distributor: Toho Company Ltd

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Dimension Films / Miramax Films

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: M

France
Rating: U

Germany
Rating: 12

Hong Kong
Rating: IIA

Italy
Rating: T

New Zealand
Rating: PG

Portugal
Rating: M/6

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for images of violence and gore)

AWARDS

2000
Annie Awards

Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production (Hayao Miyazaki - for the English language version) - nominated

Golden Satellite Awards
Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media - nominated

Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Sierra Award: Best Animated Film - nominated

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
Golden Reel Award: Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature (Dan Edelstein (sound effects/foley editor), Warren Shaw (sound effects/foley editor), Ernie Sheesley (ADR editor), Gerard Donlan (sound effects/foley editor), Michihiro Ito (sound editor)) - nominated

2001
Academy of Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Films, USA

Saturn Award: Best Genre Home Video Release - nominated

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Princess Mononoke - English language title

KEYWORDS

animation; anime; mutilation; transformations; japan; folklore; mythology; the-environment; animals; boars; curses; decapitations; demons; forests; giantism; royalty; princesses; princes; samurai; wolves

 


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