Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Japanese: 風の谷のナウシカ, Hepburn: Kaze no Tani no Naushika) is a 1984 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his 1982–94 manga series of the same name. It was produced by Topcraft and distributed by Toei. Joe Hisaishi, in his first collaboration with Miyazaki, composed the score. The film stars the voices of Sumi Shimamoto, Gorō Naya, Yōji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara and Iemasa Kayumi.[1] Set in a post-nuclear futuristic world, it tells the story of Nausicaä (Shimamoto), the teenage princess of the Valley of the Wind who becomes embroiled in a struggle with Tolmekia, a kingdom that tries to use an ancient weapon to eradicate a jungle full of giant mutant insects.
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Kanji | 風の谷のナウシカ | ||||
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Directed by | Hayao Miyazaki | ||||
Screenplay by | Hayao Miyazaki | ||||
Based on | Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki | ||||
Produced by | Isao Takahata | ||||
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Music by | Joe Hisaishi | ||||
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Distributed by | Toei | ||||
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Running time | 117 minutes | ||||
Country | Japan | ||||
Language | Japanese | ||||
Budget | ¥180 million ($758,000) | ||||
Box office | $14.3 million |
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind was released in Japan on 11 March 1984. The film received critical acclaim, with praise being directed at the story, themes, characters and animation. It is the second-highest-ranked Japanese anime in a survey published by Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs in 2007.[2] Though it was made before Studio Ghibli was founded, it is often considered a Ghibli work, and is usually released as part of DVD and Blu-ray collections of Ghibli work.[3]
A heavily edited adaptation of the film created by Manson International, Warriors of the Wind, was released in the United States and other markets throughout the mid-to-late 1980s. The Manson cut was derided by Miyazaki. It was eventually replaced in circulation by an uncut, redubbed version produced by Walt Disney Pictures in 2005.