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• 14.5 billion • (159.4 million) Princess Mononoke (: もののけ姫,: Mononoke-, 'Spirit/Monster Princess') is a 1997 Japanese film written and directed by, animated by for, and, and distributed. The film stars the voices of,,,,,,,. Princess Mononoke is set in the late (approximately 1336 to 1573) of Japan with fantasy elements. The story follows the young prince Ashitaka's involvement in a struggle between the gods of a forest and the humans who consume its resources.

The term ' ( 物の怪) or もののけ is not a name, but a Japanese word for a spirit or monster: supernatural, shape-shifting beings. The film was released in Japan on July 12, 1997, and in the United States on October 29, 1999. Phison ps2251 03 v datasheet catalog online. It was a critical and commercial, becoming the highest-grossing film in Japan of 1997, and also held Japan's box office record for Japanese-made films until 2001's, another Miyazaki film. It was into English and distributed in North America by, and despite a poor box office performance there, it sold well on DVD and video, greatly increasing Ghibli's popularity and influence outside Japan. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Plot [ ] In Japan, an village is attacked by a demon. The last Emishi prince, Ashitaka, kills it before it reaches the village, but its corruption curses his right arm.

The curse gives him superhuman strength, but will eventually spread through his body and kill him. The villagers discover that the demon was a boar god, Nago, corrupted by an iron ball lodged in his body. The village's wise woman tells Ashitaka that he may find a cure in the western lands Nago came from, but he cannot return to his homeland. Before Ashitaka leaves, his younger sister Kaya gives him her crystal dagger so that he would not forget her.

Heading west, Ashitaka meets Jigo ('Jiko-bō' in the original Japanese version), an opportunist Buddhist monk, who tells Ashitaka he may find help from the Great Forest Spirit, a deer-like animal god by day and a giant ' by night. Nearby, men herd oxen to Irontown ('Tataraba' in Japanese), led by Lady Eboshi, and repel an attack by a wolf pack led by the wolf goddess Moro. Riding one of the wolves is San, a human girl. Ashitaka discovers two injured Irontown men and carries them through the forest, where he encounters many and glimpses the Forest Spirit. In Irontown, Ashitaka learns that Eboshi built the town by forests to claim and produce iron, leading to conflicts with the forest gods and Asano, a local.

Irontown is a refuge for social outcasts, including employed to manufacture firearms; it was one of these guns that had wounded Nago. Eboshi also explains that San was raised by the wolves as one of their own and resents humankind. San infiltrates Irontown to kill Eboshi, but Ashitaka intervenes, knocking them both unconscious.

As he leaves, he is by a villager, but the curse gives him the strength to carry San out of the village. San awakens and prepares to kill the weakened Ashitaka, but hesitates when he tells her that she is beautiful. She takes him to the forest, and decides to trust him after the Forest Spirit saves his life. A boar clan, led by the blind boar god Okkoto, plans to attack Irontown to save the forest. Eboshi prepares for battle and sets out to kill the Forest Spirit with Jigo, who is working for the government; she intends to give the god's head to the in return for protection from Lord Asano.