Third, the animation is set in a dim and mythical past and these are not real people. It is not the character of Ashitaka who commits the violence, it’s the evil that has taken control of his arm. Second, the violence occurs through the agency of Ashitaka’s arm, which not only suffers from the curse of the boar god but, when Ashitaka is provoked, has a god-like strength. Children have watched cartoon characters kill, maim and destroy each other for generations without ill effect.
Less extreme violence would have been preferable, however, there are five reasons why we recommend this film despite the violence. This film contains violence in which, for example, heads and arms are cleanly lopped off by Ashitaka’s arrows. She is now bent upon killing the Forest Spirit to protect her people and allow the ironworks to expand. The leader of Iron Town, Lady Eboshi, is the person who shot the boar god. Among them is the mysterious Princess Mononoke, a human girl raised by wolves. The animal spirits of the forest have begun to resist and to attack the ironworks. But the people of Iron Town have destroyed the surrounding forest to make charcoal, a necessary ingredient in the smelting of iron. On his journey, he comes across Iron Town, a place where society’s outcasts find refuge and acceptance.
Taking her advice, Ashitaka leaves his village to find the Forest Spirit. The only cure can come from the Forest Spirit who lives far away in the deep woods. The Village Wise Woman tells Ashitaka that soon the evil will overwhelm him and he will die. In the fight, some of the evil that possessed the boar god has attached itself to Ashitaka’s arm. He attacks a remote village but is killed by its young prince, Ashitaka. A boar god has been shot with a bullet made of iron, a substance so incompatible with his nature that its presence in his body turns him into a demon. The story is set in a mythical Japan in the sixteenth century.
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The movie is also an environmental wake-up call which attempts to provoke its audience into realizing how much we have already lost and how much more we stand to lose. “Princess Mononoke” is an enthralling epic that elevates anime to art. FICTION (SOAPS, DRAMAS, AND REALITY/SURVIVAL SHOW).If you have a chance to see this film, in any language, I recommend you do.
The change in dynamic between the crashing fight scenes and the quiet scenes of healing by the lake is so broad and so well paced that I can't remember a film where my emotional state was so expertly varied. Even with the language barrier, the film is of such intense emotion that it caries you through to the end. Miyazaki's long infatuation with technology verses nature and man's relation to God (or gods) weave throughout the film as does his trend for strong women characters. The story is complex, and after talking with Japanese friends, it is clear that much of it went over my head (particularly that relating to specific Japanese myths), but the important elements came through. I saw this film in Japan, in Japanese with no sub-titles, I don't speak a word of the language and I was still enthralled! It is Miyazaki most visually intense (surpassing, at long last, Nausicaa) and is alive with color and movement the like not yet seen in anime.
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