Princess Mononoke

Adventure / Drama / FantasyMovie1 EP/12 Jul 1997

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Synopsis

When a demon boar attacks his village, Ashitaka kills it to protect his people, but the thing curses him as it dies. his arm now has superhuman destructive power, but it's slowly killing him. That's the first ten minutes. Ashitaka heads west looking for a cure and walks straight into a war between humans strip-mining a forest and the ancient gods who live in it. On one side, Lady Eboshi runs Irontown, giving outcasts and former sex workers a place to belong while clear-cutting sacred land. On the other, San, raised by wolf gods, wants to tear Irontown apart with her bare hands. Neither side is wrong, and that's the whole point. Ashitaka is stuck in the middle trying to find some answer that doesn't end in total destruction, while his curse gets worse every time he uses it. This is Studio Ghibli at its most intense. Joe Hisaishi's score carries so much weight, and the hand-drawn animation still holds up almost three decades later: there are battle sequences here that feel more visceral than most modern action anime. The morality is genuinely gray in a way that respects your intelligence. If you liked Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, this is Miyazaki revisiting similar environmentalist themes but with sharper edges and more blood. Fans of Mushishi's reverence for nature spirits will find something here too, just wrapped in a much more action-packed package. It's a single movie, about two hours, no filler, just a dense, gorgeous, emotionally heavy film.

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willspurple★★★★★Anime

A flawless, sweeping epic that refuses to give easy answers. Hayao Miyazaki crafts a world where there are no clear villains—only conflicting perspectives driven by survival, progress, and tradition. The conflict between Iron Town and the forest spirits is handled with incredible empathy and nuance. Coupled with a hauntingly beautiful score and stunning hand-drawn animation, it stands as an absolute masterpiece of cinema. The Voicing Acting in both Sub & Dub are Peak.

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disavania★★★★★Anime

Banyak pesan moral yang ditampilkan di dalam film ini. Pesan yang paling kentara tentu saja hubungan antara manusia, hewan, dan alam sekitarnya, terutama hutan yang ditampilkan di sini. Ending-nya pun berakhir dengan kebahagiaan yang menurutku bittersweet. Dan pesanku untuk kalian yang ingin menonton film ini, jangan berharap akan ada adegan romance yang kental karena film ini tidak memfokuskan hal tersebut. Film ini lebih memfokuskan kepada perbuatan manusia yang tidak mempertimbangkan keseimbangan lingkungan dan cenderung merusak alam yang pada akhirnya memakan banyak korban dari sisi manusia, hewan serta entitas dewa.

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