Variety
Miyazaki’s first hit fascinates as a glimpse into the master’s then-developing style, even when the final-act storytelling gets woozy.
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Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Written and directed by Hiyao Miyazaki and based on his own 1982 manga of the same name, this Japanese post-apocalyptic animated fantasy is considered to be the film that spurred the creation of the famed Studio Ghibli.
In the wake of the destruction of the ecosystem, warrior/pacifist princess Nausicaa and her allies must negotiate peace between two kingdoms battling over the last of the world's precious natural resources.
1984Rating: PG, Low level violence117 minsJapanStudio Ghibli
AdventureAnimatedFantasy
- Director:
- Hayao Miyazaki ('Spirited Away', 'Princess Mononoke', 'Howl's Moving Castle')
- Writer:
- Hayao Miyazaki
- Cast:
- Sumi ShimamotoMahito TsujimuraHisako KyōdaGorō NayaIchirō NagaiKōhei MiyauchiJôji YanamiMinoru YadaAlison LohmanPatrick StewartUma ThurmanMark Hamill
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind / Reviews
The New York Times
This film is beautifully animated and written, and the moral to this ecological fable is difficult to miss.
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Roger Ebert
It is the seminal Miyazaki film, breathing wonder, tenderness, and life into worlds where we'd all like to live in.
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