Princess Mononoke (1997)


Princess Mononoke
Release Date12 July 1997
US Box Office$2,000,000
GenreDrama, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, Action
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Sound MixDolby Digital
ColorColor

Princess Mononoke Mononoke-hime) is a 1997 epic Japanese animated historical fantasy feature film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki of Studio Ghibli. "Mononoke" ) is not a name, but a general term in the Japanese language for a spirit or monster. The film was first released in Japan on July 12, 1997, and in the United States on October 29, 1999.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Yôji Matsuda
Ashitaka

Yûko Tanaka
Eboshi-gozen

Kaoru Kobayashi
Jiko-bô

Tsunehiko Kamijô
Gonza

Sumi Shimamoto
Toki

Tetsu Watanabe
Yama-inu

Mitsuru Satô
Tatari-gami

Akira Nagoya
Usi-kai

Akihiro Miwa
Moro-no-kimi

Mitsuko Mori
Hii-sama

Hisaya Morishige
Okkoto-nusi

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Jennifer Cihi
Tatara's Women Song

Ashitaka

Additional Voices , Okkoto

Kohroku

Additional Voices

Additional Voices , Gonza

Lady Eboshi

Additional Voices

Jack Fletcher
Additional Voices

Julia Fletcher
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Woman in Iron Town

John Hostetter
Additional Voices

Leslie Ishii
Tatara's Women Song

Yoshimasa Kondô
Additional Voices

John Rafter Lee
Additional Voices

Sherry Lynn
Emishi Villiage Girl , Iron Town Woman

Additional Voices , Iron Town Woman

Tatara's Women Song

Matt McKenzie
Additional Voices

Additional Voices

Matt K. Miller
Additional Voices

Marnie Mosiman
Additional Voices

Adam Paul
Additional Voices

David Rasner
Additional Voices

Kimihiro Reizei
Jibashiri

Additional Voices

K.T. Vogt
Complaining Wife

Additional Voices

Director

Producer

Yutaka Narita
executive producer

Seiji Okuda
associate producer

Toshio Suzuki
producer

Yasuyoshi Tokuma
chief executive producer

Seiichirô Ujiie
executive producer

Takahiro Yonezawa
assistant producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Atsushi Okui
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Editor

Takeshi Seyama
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Art Director

Satoshi Kuroda
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Kazuo Oga
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Yôji Takeshige
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Naoya Tanaka
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Nizou Yamamoto
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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Koji Aritomi
assistant director

Masakatsu Ishizone
assistant director

Hiroyuki Ito
assistant director

Sound Department

Tsutomo Asakura
sound mix assistant

Dan Edelstein
foley editor: US version

Masahiro Fukuhara
sound recording assistant

Nobutaka Hirooka
dialogue recordist

Kazuhiko Ikai
sound effects production support

Tatsuya Ikeba
dialogue recordist

Shuji Inoue
sound recording mixer

Takahisa Ishino
sound effects assistant

Muchihiro Ito
sound effects

Mitsuharu Kanei
dialogue recordist

Takao Kato
sound effects compilation support

Val Kuklowsky
adr editor

Eric Lewis
assistant adr engineer: English dialogue

Rie Nishijima
dialogue recordist

Warren Shaw
sound effects editor

Ernie Sheesley
dialogue recordist

Tsukuru Takagi
sound mix assistant

Dominick Tavella
sound re-recording mixer

Shigeru Tokida
sound effects production support

James Twomey
sound re-recording mixer

Makoto Uchida
sound mix assistant

Garry Ulmer
dialogue recording mixer

Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
sound

Motoi Watanabe
sound effects production support

Tsunahiro Yamamura
sound effects compilation support

Yuki Yasoshima
dialogue recordist

Visual Effects

Yoshikazu Fukutome
special art effects

Tomoji Hashizume
special effects animator

Masahiro Murakami
special effects animator

Toyohiko Sakakibara
special effects animator

Kaoru Tanifuji
special effects animator

Kumiko Taniguchi
special effects animator

Michael Arias
software development

Animation Department

Akihiko Adachi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Akiko Aihara
ink and paint artist

Sigeko Akanuma
ink and paint artist

Masashi Ando
supervising animator

Kaori Anmi
ink and paint artist

Naomi Anzai
ink and paint artist

Sadayuki Arai
background artist

Yoriko Asai
ink and paint artist

Naomi Atsuta
ink and paint artist

Tsutomu Awata
key animator

Seiko Azuma
inbetween/clean-up artist

Reiko Daigo
ink and paint artist

David Encinas
inbetween/clean-up artist

Masaaki Endo
key animator

Kiyomi Fujihashi
ink and paint artist

Kaori Fujii
inbetween/clean-up artist

Masayo Fujikura
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Maya Fujimori
inbetween/clean-up artist

Sachiko Funasaki
ink and paint artist

Hiromi Furuya
inbetween/clean-up artist

Sumiko Furuya
ink and paint artist

Makiko Futaki
key animator

Keiko Goto
ink and paint artist

Chiharu Haraguchi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Chie Harai
ink and paint artist

Kimiko Hatano
ink and paint artist

Keiichiro Hattori
digital ink and paint artist

Yoshie Hayashi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kazuhiro Hirabayashi
ink and paint artist

Sayaka Hirahara
background artist

Kazuko Hirai
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Mari Hitokurai
ink and paint artist

Yoshiko Igarashi
ink and paint artist

Natsuko Iimori
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Takeshi Imamura
key animator

Ryouko Ina
background artist

Mihoko Irie
ink and paint artist

Michiyo Iseda
ink and paint artist

Megumi Ishido
digital ink and paint artist

Shizuka Ishiguro
ink and paint artist

Hiroaki Ishii
digital ink and paint artist

Eriko Ishikawa
ink and paint artist

Kaori Ishikawa
ink and paint artist

Shin Itagaki
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Toshiko Iwakiri
ink and paint artist

Emiko Iwayanagi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Megumi Kagawa
key animator

Yukiko Kakita
digital ink and paint artist

Yoshinori Kanada
key animator

Junko Kanauchi
ink and paint artist

Naomi Kasugai
background artist

Yuriko Katayama
ink and paint artist

Manabu Kawada
inbetween/clean-up artist

Toshio Kawaguchi
key animator

Hana Kikuchi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Yumiko Kimura
ink and paint artist

Yumiko Kitajima
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kazuo Kobayashi
ink and paint artist

Sachiko Kobayashi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Atsushi Kodama
ink and paint artist

Komasa
inbetween/clean-up artist

Katsuya Kondô
key animator

Rie Kondou
inbetween/clean-up artist

Yoshifumi Kondô
supervising animator

Ken'ichi Konishi
key animator

Kitaro Kosaka
supervising animator

Yuriko Kudo
ink and paint artist

Misuzu Kurata
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kazuko Kurosawa
ink and paint artist

Ikuo Kuwana
key animator

Kinuyo Maehara
ink and paint artist

Kiyoko Makita
inbetween/clean-up artist

Reiko Mano
inbetween/clean-up artist

Mariko Matsuo
key animator

Megumi Matsuo
ink and paint artist

Masaru Matsuse
key animator

Atsuko Matsushita
inbetween/clean-up artist

Michio Mihara
key animator

Hiroko Minowa
key animator

Junko Miyakawa
ink and paint artist

Chiemi Miyamoto
ink and paint artist

Chiyomi Morisawa
ink and paint artist

Shinobu Mori
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Kaoru Morita
ink and paint artist

Noriko Moritomo
key animator

Emiko Motohashi
ink and paint artist

Yuki Murata
digital ink and paint artist

Hisashi Nabetani
ink and paint artist

Kyouko Naganawa
background artist

Junko Nagaoka
ink and paint artist

Sayuri Nagashima
ink and paint artist

Yoko Nagashima
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kaoru Nakagama
ink and paint artist

Rie Nakagome
animation checker

Keiko Nakaji
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Katsutoshi Nakamura
animation checker

Daisuke Nakayama
inbetween/clean-up artist

Rie Niidome
inbetween/clean-up artist

Sumie Nishido
inbetween/clean-up artist

Hiromi Nishikawa
inbetween/clean-up artist

Toyomi Nishimura
ink and paint artist

Yoshimi Nishiwaki
ink and paint artist

Takehiro Noda
key animator

Minori Noguchi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Yukie Nomura
ink and paint artist

Fumiko Oda
ink and paint artist

Noriko Odaka
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Mayumi Ohmura
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kumiko Ohta
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kimiyo Okunichi
ink and paint artist

Akiko Ono
ink and paint artist

Kazuyoshi Onoda
animation checker

Masako Osada
background artist

Masako Osumi
ink and paint artist

Kiyomi Ota
background artist

Makiko Ota
ink and paint artist

Atsuko Ôtani
key animator

Shinji Otsuka
key animator

Kazumi Ouchi
ink and paint artist

Mito Ozaki
ink and paint artist

Hisae Saito
background artist

Masaya Saitou
animation checker

Masako Sakano
inbetween/clean-up artist

Sonoe Sakano
ink and paint artist

Yukie Sako
inbetween/clean-up artist

Hiroaki Sasaki
background artist

Keiko Sasaki
ink and paint artist

Shinsaku Sasaki
key animator

Keiko Sato
ink and paint artist

Makiko Sato
digital ink and paint artist

Kuri Sawa
inbetween/clean-up artist

Eriko Shibata
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kazuko Shibata
inbetween/clean-up artist

Ritsuko Shiina
inbetween/clean-up artist

Miyoko Shikibu
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Hiroshi Shimizu
key animator

Mariko Shimizu
ink and paint artist

Rie Shimizu
inbetween/clean-up artist

Yumiko Shimoe
digital ink and paint artist

Masako Shinohara
key animator

Akira Sugino
digital ink and paint artist

Sachiko Sugino
key animator

Wakako Sugiyama
ink and paint artist

Eiichi Suzuki
ink and paint artist

Makiko Suzuki
inbetween/clean-up artist

Mariko Suzuki
inbetween/clean-up artist

Fumiko Taira
ink and paint artist

Sayuri Takagi
ink and paint artist

Kanako Takahashi
digital ink and paint artist

Naomi Takahashi
ink and paint artist

Atsushi Tamura
inbetween/clean-up artist

Seiki Tamura
background artist

Masae Tanabe
inbetween/clean-up artist

Atsuko Tanaka
key animator: Telecom Animation Film

Junichi Taniguchi
background artist

Kumiko Tanihira
inbetween/clean-up artist

Hitomi Tateno
animation checker

Tomomi Tenma
ink and paint artist

Akiko Teshima
inbetween/clean-up artist

Hiroko Tetsuka
inbetween/clean-up artist

Tae Tochihara
ink and paint artist

Yoko Toju
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Yoyoi Toki
inbetween/clean-up artist

Masae Tomino
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Keiko Tomizawa
inbetween animator

Tomoko Totsuka
inbetween/clean-up artist

Hiromi Tsuchiya
ink and paint artist

Shinobu Tsunegi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kazuko Tsunoda
ink and paint artist

Koujirou Tsuraoka
inbetween/clean-up artist

Akihiko Uda
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Mineko Ueda
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Kazue Urayama
ink and paint artist

Keiko Watanabe
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Natsuko Watanabe
inbetween/clean-up artist

Nobuko Watanabe
ink and paint artist

Alexandra Weihrauch
inbetween/clean-up artist

Hisako Yaji
inbetween/clean-up artist

Kaori Yajima
ink and paint artist

Kazuko Yamada
ink and paint artist

Ken'ichi Yamada
key animator

Tamami Yamada
inbetween/clean-up artist

Eiji Yamamori
key animator

Mayumi Yamamoto
inbetween/clean-up artist

Tomoko Yamamoto
ink and paint artist

Yukari Yamaura
inbetween/clean-up artist

Morihiko Yano
inbetween/clean-up artist

Michiyo Yasuda
color designer

Hiroko Yasutome
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Mayu Yazawa
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Hiromasa Yonebayashi
inbetween/clean-up artist

Ken'ichi Yoshida
key animator

Miyoko Yoshida
ink and paint artist

Noboru Yoshida
background artist

Hideaki Yoshio
key animator

Keiko Yozawa
inbetween/clean-up artist: Telecom Animation Film

Tatsumi Yukiwaki
ink and paint artist

Casting Department

Jack Fletcher
casting: English voices

Editorial Department

Masayo Iseki
color key

Naomi Mori
color key

Kanako Moriya
color key

Music Department

Kenji Furukawa
music recordist

musician: piano solos, music arranger, orchestrator

Kazumi Inaki
music production

Hiroya Ishihara
music recordist

Hiroshi Kumagai
conductor

Makoto Morimoto
music mixer

Masayoshi Okawa
music mixer

Toru Takigawa
music production

Yukio Yamashita
music production

Other Crew

Stephen Alpert
overseas promotion

Jack Fletcher
voice director: English version

Keiji Hamada
overseas promotion

Kenji Imura
production assistant

Haruyo Moriyoshi
overseas promotion

Minako Nagasawa
public relations

Koji Otsuka
production assistant

additional voices

Kin'ichirô Suzuki
production assistant

Tamami Yamamoto
public relations

Production Company

DENTSU Music And Entertainment
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Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTV)
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Studio Ghibli
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Tokuma Shoten
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Distributor

Toho Company

Buena Vista International

Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK)

Alliance Atlantis Home Video

Dimension Films
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EDKO Film

Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI)

Intercontinental Video

Miramax Films

New Films International
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Universum Film (UFA)

Miscellaneous

Avaco Creative Studio
music recorded at, dialogue recording

Chroma Colour
technical cooperation

Dr. Movie
digital print

Horai Town, Aichi
sound effects compilation cooperation

Imagica
film processing and prints

Imeger
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MIT Studio
dialogue recording

Masamune Kogei
sound effects compilation cooperation

Naigai Carbon Ink
technical cooperation

Omnibus Promotion
sound production

Screen Music Studios (SMS)
adr recording facilities

Sound Ring
effects production

Stac
technical cooperation

Studio Ghibli
music production

T2 Studio
digital print

Taiyo Shikisai
technical cooperation

Takahashi Production
digital print

Tokuma Japan Communications Co. Ltd.
soundtrack production

Tokyo City Philharmonic Orchestra
music performer

Tokyo Kita-ku Archery League
sound effects compilation cooperation

Tokyo TV Center
recording

VDX
effects cooperation

Wonder City
music production

Wonder Station
recording studio, music mixed at






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