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# Princess Mononoke (1997)
- URL: https://justincox.com/blog/2025/03/princess-mononoke-1997/
- Published: 2025-03-31T00:45:47.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-20T13:40:06.000Z
- Description: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
- Author: Justin Cox
- Tags: Review, #movies, #yoji-matsuda, #yuriko-ishida, #yuko-tanaka, #kaoru-kobayashi, #hayao-miyazaki, #3stars, #affiliate

## Director

Hayao Miyazaki

## Staring

Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka, and Kaoru Kobayashi

## Overview

*The fate of the world rests on the courage of one warrior.*

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.

## Review

![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/cMYCDADoLKLbB83g4WnJegaZimC.jpg) 

#### Princess Mononoke

I’m not sure I get this one. Death begets life but lessons aren’t learned in the process? Way more intense than the typical Studio Ghibli affair.

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