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Princess Mononoke

Hayao Miyazaki Studio Ghibli 1997 Released

A cursed young man tries to find balance in the war between humans and the gods of the forest.

Plot

The young warrior Ashitaka brings down a cursed boar god that attacks his village, but is himself cursed in the process. Setting out to find the curse's origin, he witnesses a world where humans expand by destroying the forest. In the conflict between Iron Town — the human city that produces iron — and San, the girl who lives with the forest gods, Ashitaka tries to find balance rather than picking a side. This story unfolds around the themes of nature and civilization, humans and gods, destruction and coexistence.

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