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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
A thousand years after a global war upset the balance of the ecosystem and human settlements are scattered along the Toxic Jungle, a toxic forest full of gigantic insect creatures, Princess Nausicaä from the Valley of the Wind discovers beauty in the forbidden area and learns to understand its ecological laws. Meanwhile, tensions are rising between the two most powerful states; they will soon go into open war over a weapon from the time of the global war…
| Country | Japan |
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| Year | 1984 |
| Duration | 117 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Japanese |
| Subtitle | English, Czech |
| Directed by | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Screenplay | Hayao Miyazaki |
| Director of Photography | none |
| Music | Joe Hisaishi |
| Edited by | Naoki Kaneko, Tomoko Kida, Shôji Sakai |
| Contact | Wildbunch International |
Biography
He a prominent Japanese animated film director. His rich works include the feature films My Neighbor Totoro (Tonari no Totoro, 1988), Porco Rosso (Kurenai no buta, 1992), Princess Mononoke (Mononoke hime, 1997) and Howl's Moving Castle (Hauru no ugoku wid, 2004).
War, Courage, Family, Friendship, Animation, Action + Adventure, Fantasy, Environment, Environment