“Princess Mononoke”: Miyazaki’s First ‘Last’ Film | Miyazaki Mondays Part VI

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Miyazaki’s first chart-topper smashes all expectations. What can it teach us about Japanese history?

Review copy provided by Shout! Factory and GKIDS.

Citations: https://cinemanippon.wordpress.com/2018/12/04/princess-mononoke-1997/

Purchase the film here: https://www.amazon.com/Princess-Mononoke-Bluray-Combo-Blu-ray/dp/B073ZWK3FK

Miyazaki Mondays: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6WqF5myNDaLQJSFYdHk8bSBl-Ebxp3Mf

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Sound Design:
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Image Credits:
Jomon mask photo courtesy James Blake Wiener
https://www.ancient.eu/image/6656/jomon-clay-mask/
Leprosy illustrations courtesy Wllcomeimages
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leprosy,_plate_LXX_from_Prince_Albert_Morrow,_1889_Wellcome_L0074345.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:13_year_old_boy_with_severe_leprosy_Wellcome_L0074842.jpg
Samurai reenactment photo courtesy Corpse Reviver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Himeji_Oshiro_Matsuri_August09_007.jpg
Shell midden photo courtesy Raggaeman
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archivo:Kadota_Kaizuka.JPG
Yayoi house photo courtesy Michael Gunther
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yoshinogari_Yayoi_Village_a003.jpg