Princess Mononoke (1997)

Princess Mononoke rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.3/10· 478K votes

Rotten Tomatoes93%

Metacritic78%

TMDb8.322/10· 9K votes

With 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.3/10 on IMDb and 78/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About Princess Mononoke

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.

Cast of Princess Mononoke

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  Yoji Matsuda

  as Ashitaka (voice)

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  Yuriko Ishida

  as San / Kaya (voice)

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  Yuko Tanaka

  as Eboshi Gozen (voice)

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  Kaoru Kobayashi

  as Jikobo (voice)

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  Masahiko Nishimura

  as Kouroku (voice)

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  Tsunehiko Kamijô

  as Gonza (voice)

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  Akihiro Miwa

  as Mrs. Moro (voice)

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  Mitsuko Mori

  as Mrs. Hii (voice)

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  Hisaya Morishige

  as Chief of Affairs (voice)

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  Sumi Shimamoto

  as Toki (voice)

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  Tetsu Watanabe

  as Wild Dog (voice)

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  Makoto Satō

  as Tatari God (voice)

Princess Mononoke facts

Original title

もののけ姫

Budget

$23.5M

Box office

$176.5M

Our take on Princess Mononoke

Miyazaki's 1997 epic sends a cursed young prince into a war between encroaching humans and the gods of the forest, refusing easy heroes or villains. Sweeping, violent and ecologically profound, it's Studio Ghibli at its most ambitious. If its grandeur and moral complexity gripped you, the films of Studio Ghibli and epic animated fantasies share its reverence for nature and its refusal of simple answers.