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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Its poisoned wilderness, awe-inspiring creatures, and compassionate heroine echo Princess Mononoke’s ecological urgency, while refusing a simple divide between humanity and nature.
02
Why this pick
Its rough-edged bond between a lost boy and a beastly mentor carries a comparable blend of kinetic fantasy, emotional growth, and a world where humans and creatures uneasily overlap.
03
Why this pick
Though quieter and more lyrical, its ravishing natural imagery and sorrowful resistance to human possession share Mononoke’s reverence for the living world and moral complexity.
04
Why this pick
This near-wordless island fable offers the same elemental respect for nature: beautiful, mysterious, and never reduced to a backdrop for human needs.
05
Why this pick
A luminous hand-drawn journey through folklore and grief, balancing intimate family feeling with a reverent, uncanny natural world much like Mononoke’s emotional and visual power.
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01 / THE STORY
In feudal Japan, it is a time of great upheaval amongst the samurai warriors and various isolated villages, but when a gun-wielding, young princess is sent to an ancient, forested land to defend the forest from human encroachment it threatens the very tenuous societal peace.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
San (voice)
Ashitaka
Moro
Eboshi-gozen
Jiko-bô (voice)
Toki (voice)
Kouroku
Gonza
