What are the recommended highlights of "Princess Mononoke"?

Tess 2022-04-22 07:01:03

First, "The View", a stunning soundtrack by Yoshinori Hisaishi and a script by Hayao Miyazaki, and

①The torture of human nature

The clue of the movie should be the "curse", and on the way the male protagonist unraveled the curse, we saw the torture all the way: why did the war and looting start? Why does the destruction of opposites come? Do human beings let go of their greed only when they are about to collapse?

As the protagonist asks: Can't we live together peacefully? Seemingly simple and childish questions, but torture human nature: Can't selfish desires be stopped?

However, it is particularly worth mentioning that, while describing selfish desires and greed, the film depicts the kind and helpless side of human beings, which is especially obvious in "Master Black Hat". Can't hate it.

②Respect for nature

Humans shoot at nature, and nature also curses human beings. Humans kill nature, and nature also destroys human beings. I am afraid that when the destruction comes, human beings will realize the "greatness of nature's power".

The Princess Mononoke in the film can be regarded as the spokesperson of nature. The spokesperson of the human being attacked with one knife and one shot - Lord Black Hat, and the "I will not forgive human beings" at the end of the film has broken the temporary nature of "reunion" - as long as the destruction At the beginning, the royal white wolf and the ghost princess with the sword and gun will return with the power of the "mountain beast".

Although the "big reunion" is "temporary", even if it is temporary, it is not difficult to see that Hayao Miyazaki's expectations for his younger generation to "build a beautiful home" and his optimism about the future of mankind can be said to be the finishing touch:

You are in the forest, I am in Dadala City, let's live together!

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Extended Reading
  • Kellen 2022-03-15 09:01:02

    【Great】Human and nature, survival and environmental protection, there is no right or wrong at all, but they contradict each other, forming a tragic opposite. Hayao Miyazaki put forward this ultimate human proposition in "Mononoke Hime", but at the end he did not give an answer. Did Gong Lao really realize that the final outcome of this proposition is destruction? (Reviewed on March 20, 2019, I still think it is Hayao Miyazaki’s supreme masterpiece)

  • Gregorio 2021-10-20 19:01:21

    I see it every year. This is still my favorite Hayao Miyazaki's work. It is sincere and pure. Regarding nature, survival, and human karma, this kind of calm narrative without a standpoint is the cruelest. When Miyazaki's talent does not need to be wasted on depicting love and personal affair, every frame of the shot turns into a magnificent picture of Japanese folklore aesthetics. My name is Ashitaka. I came from the end of the east. Are you the gods in the forest of mountain beasts and gods?

Princess Mononoke quotes

  • San, The Princess Mononoke: [seeing the humans cutting down trees] Why chop the trees down?

    Moro: [about the boars] To make them angry. Which makes them stupid.

  • San, The Princess Mononoke: You two go on ahead. I'll stay here and deal with the human.

    San's Wolf Brother: What about the elk?

    San's Wolf Brother: Yes... Can we eat him?

    [starts panting]

    San, The Princess Mononoke: No, you may not. Go home!