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A landmark of animation and a film of unsurpassed power and beauty, one of legendary animator/director Hayao Miyazaki’s best!  An epic story of conflict between humans, gods, and nature, the film has been universally acclaimed by critics and broke the box office record on its original release in Japan.  While defending his village from a demonic boar-god, the young warrior Ashitaka becomes afflicted with a curse that grants him super-human power in battle but will eventually take his life. Traveling west to find a cure or meet his destiny, he journeys deep into sacred depths of the Great Forest where he meets San (Princess Mononoke), a girl raised by wolf-gods who is waging battle against the human outpost of Iron Town, on the edge of the forest. The girl Mononoke a force of nature – with blood smeared lips, riding bareback on a great white wolf, doing battle with both gods and humans, she is as iconic a figure as any from film, literature, or opera.

“With a Luminist’s attention to light, water, shadow and smoke, Miyazaki creates an epochal story born of history, myth and Shinto animism.” – Ann Hornaday, Baltimore Sun

“Done mostly in the style of hand-painted classic animation, with occasional digital assists … is indeed a thing of beauty and imagination.” – Jack Mathews, New York Daily News

“This imaginative and intriguing Anime deserves all the plaudits heaped upon it.” – Mark Dinning, Empire Magazine

“Beautifully constructed and painstakingly written, this is about as close to a perfect animated epic as you’re likely to get.” – Melanie McFarland, Seattle Times

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