What is Princess Mononoke?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Movie |name=Princess Mononoke |image = Princess Mononoke Logo fr.svg |caption = |director=[[Hayao Miyazaki]] |producer=[[Toshio Suzuki (studio ghibli)|Toshio Suzuki]] |writer=[[Hayao Miyazaki]] (screenplay and story)<br />[[Neil Gaiman]] (English adaptation) |starring=[[Yōji Matsuda]]<br />[[Yuriko Ishida]]<br />[[Yūko Tanaka]]<br />[[Kaoru Kobayashi (actor)|Kaoru Kobayashi]]<br />(Japan)<br />[[Billy Crudup]]<br />[[Claire Danes]]<br />[[Minnie Driver]]<br />[[Billy Bob Thornton]]<br />(USA) |music=[[Joe Hisaishi]] |cinematography=[[Atsushi Okui]] |editing=[[Takeshi Seyama]] |studio={{flagicon|USA}} [[Miramax Films]] |distributor={{flagicon|Japan}} [[Toho]]<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} [[Buena Vista Pictures]]<br/>{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance]] |released={{flagicon|Japan}} [[July 12]], [[1997 in film|1997]]<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} [[October 29]] [[1999]]<br/>{{flagicon|Canada}} [[November 26]] [[1999]]<br/>{{flagicon|UK}} [[October 19]] [[2001]] |runtime=134 min |language=Japanese |budget=¥2,400,000,000 (estimated) }} {{nihongo|'''''Princess Mononoke'''''|もののけ姫|''Mononoke Hime''}} is a [[1997]] [[anime]] [[movie]] made by [[Hayao Miyazaki]]. This movie is a long animation movie made by [[Studio Ghibli]]. The catch copy of this movie is ''Ikiro(生きろ)''. Mononoke is not a name, but a word that means spirit or monster in Japanese. The forest in Princess Mononoke looks like Yaku-shima(屋久島). ==Story== This movie takes place in Japan during the [[Muromachi period]]. There was a small village in [[Ezo]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://homepage3.nifty.com/mana/miyazaki-mononoke-qa1.html |title=Mononoke-hime QA1 |access-date=2012-06-19 |archive-date=2014-06-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611234545/http://homepage3.nifty.com/mana/miyazaki-mononoke-qa1.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> People lived peacefully. Ashitaka lived there. One day the evil god attacked the village and Ashitaka was cursed. The evil god was once a god of the forest, but he was shot by human and died