Princess Mononoke is set in the Japanese Muromachi period, from 1336 to 1573, and was a prime time for industrial uprise. Our banished hero then ventures west, soon to be found in the middle of a war between an industrialist town and the forest. He is told the curse will spread throughout his body and kill him if he doesn’t find the cure westward. After the village’s wise woman attempts to heal him, she reveals the cursed Ashitaka’s fate. Ashitaka kills the demon before it reaches the village, getting entrapped and cursed in the process. We are first introduced to Ashitaka at the start of the film, defending his village against a corrupted Nago, the boar god and leader of the Boar clan, who tries to destroy the village. It set a record for Japan’s highest grossing film of all-time until Titanic was later released that same year. Princess Mononoke is a Japanese film released in 1997, Hayao Miyazaki’s 8th venture as a writer and director.
