Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Kaze no tani no Naushika (original title)Reference View | Change View
- PG
- 1h 57min
- Animation, Adventure
- 25 Nov 1987 (USA)
- Movie
Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.
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Awards:
- 3 wins & 1 nomination.
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Cast
| Sumi Shimamoto | ... |
Nausicaä (voice)
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Mahito Tsujimura | ... |
Jihl / Muzu (voice)
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| Hisako Kyôda | ... |
Oh-Baba (voice)
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| Gorô Naya | ... |
Yupa (voice)
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| Ichirô Nagai | ... |
Mito (voice)
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| Kôhei Miyauchi | ... |
Goru (voice)
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| Jôji Yanami | ... |
Gikkuri (voice)
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| Minoru Yada | ... |
Niga (voice)
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Rihoko Yoshida | ... |
Teto / Girl C (voice)
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Masako Sugaya | ... |
Girl A (voice)
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Takako Sasuga | ... |
Girl B (voice)
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Chika Sakamoto | ... |
Boy A (voice)
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Tarako | ... |
Boy B (voice)
(as TARAKO)
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Yôji Matsuda | ... |
Asbel (voice)
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| Mîna Tominaga | ... |
Rastel (voice)
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Mugihito | ... |
Mayor of Pejite (voice)
(as Makoto Terada)
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Akiko Tsuboi | ... |
Rastel's Mother (voice)
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| Yoshiko Sakakibara | ... |
Kushana (voice)
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Iemasa Kayumi | ... |
Kurotowa (voice)
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Tetsuo Mizutori | ... |
Commando (voice)
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Takeki Nakamura | ... |
Pejite Citizen (voice)
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Takako Ôta | ... |
Pejite Girl (voice)
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| Bin Shimada | ... |
Pejite Citizen (voice)
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Shinji Nomura | ... |
Torumekian Soldier (voice)
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Hisako Ayuhara | ... |
Boy (voice)
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| Hôchû Ôtsuka | ... |
Torumekian Soldier (voice)
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| Alison Lohman | ... |
Nausicaä (voice)
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| Patrick Stewart | ... |
Lord Yupa (voice)
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| Uma Thurman | ... |
Kushana (voice)
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| Chris Sarandon | ... |
Kurotowa (voice)
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| Shia LaBeouf | ... |
Asbel (voice)
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| Edward James Olmos | ... |
Mito (voice)
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| Mark Hamill | ... |
Mayor of Pejite (voice)
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| Jeff Bennett | ... |
Gikkuri / Tolmekian Soldier (voice)
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
Obaba (voice)
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| Tony Jay | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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| Jodi Benson | ... |
Lastelle's Mother (voice)
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| Mark Silverman | ... |
King Jihl / Niga (voice)
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| James Arnold Taylor | ... |
Muzu (voice)
(as James Taylor)
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| Frank Welker | ... |
Gol (voice)
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| Newell Alexander | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Rosemary Alexander | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Tom Amundsen | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Steve Apostolina | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Mitch Carter | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Robert Clotworthy | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| David Cowgill | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Wendy Cutler | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Ike Eisenmann | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Jean Gilpin | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Nicholas Guest | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Bridget Hoffman | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Sherry Hursey | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Rif Hutton | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Edie Mirman | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Richard Miro | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Peter Renaday | ... |
Valley Soldier (voice)
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| Lynnanne Zager | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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| Emily Bauer | ... |
Lastelle (voice)
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| Paul Butcher | ... |
Child (voice)
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| Ashley Edner | ... |
Child (voice)
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Glume Harlow | ... |
Child (voice)
(as Molly Keck)
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| Ashley Rose | ... |
Pejite Peasant Girl (voice)
(as Ashley Rose Orr)
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| Jordan Orr | ... |
Child (voice)
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Aimee Roldan | ... |
Child (voice)
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| Grace Rolek | ... |
Child (voice)
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| Ross Simanteris | ... |
Child (voice)
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| Dee Bradley Baker | ... |
Additional Voices (voice)
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Directed by
| Hayao Miyazaki | ||
Written by
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | (based on the manga by) |
| Hayao Miyazaki | ... | (screenplay by) |
| Cindy Davis | ... | (english language adaptation) (as Cindy Davis Hewitt) & |
| Donald H. Hewitt | ... | (english language adaptation) |
| Kazunori Itô | ... | (earlier screenplay) (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Rick Dempsey | ... | producer: English version |
| Tôru Hara | ... | animation producer (as Toru Hara) |
| Riley Jackson | ... | producer: Warriors of the Wind |
| Michio Kondô | ... | executive producer |
| Ned Lott | ... | associate producer: English version |
| Hiroshi Morie | ... | associate executive producer |
| Hideo Ogata | ... | associate executive producer |
| Tadashi Okumoto | ... | associate executive producer |
| Isao Takahata | ... | producer (produced by) |
| Yasuyoshi Tokuma | ... | executive producer |
| Masaya Tokuyama | ... | advertising producer (as Masaya Tokuma) |
| Tatsumi Yamashita | ... | associate executive producer |
Music by
| Joe Hisaishi | ||
Cinematography by
| Yasuhiro Shimizu | ||
| Kôji Shiragami | ||
| Yukitomo Shudo | ||
| Mamoru Sugiura | ||
Editing by
| Naoki Kaneko | ||
| Tomoko Kida | ||
| Shôji Sakai | ... | (as Shôji Saka) |
Editorial Department
| Cory Hansen | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Naoki Kaneko | ... | editing |
| Tomoko Kida | ... | editing |
| Shôji Sakai | ... | editing (as Shoji Sakai) |
| Fukuo Suzuki | ... | color supervisor |
Casting By
| Ned Lott | ||
Art Direction by
| Mitsuki Nakamura | ... | (as Mitsuyoshi Nakamura) |
Production Management
| David Candiff | ... | manager of post production: English version |
| Sumi Sakai | ... | production manager |
| Shigehiro Suzuki | ... | production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Kazuyoshi Katayama | ... | assistant director |
| Takashi Tanazawa | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Petra Bach | ... | supervising adr editor: English version |
| Randy Coppinger | ... | adr recordist: English version |
| Tom E. Dahl | ... | re-recording mixer: English version (as Tom Dahl) |
| Doc Kane | ... | adr mixer: english version |
| William Komar | ... | english dialogue recorded by: English version (as Bill Komar) |
| Kunio Kuwahara | ... | sound mixer |
| Mikio Mori | ... | dolby consultant: Continental Far East |
| Kazutoshi Satô | ... | sound effects editor (as Kazutoshi Satou) |
| Shigeharu Shiba | ... | sound director |
| Kiyoshi Ôhira | ... | sound effects editor |
Visual Effects by
| Mary Meacham | ... | titles |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Akio Hirayama | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Takeo Kobayashi | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
| Masao Miyauchi | ... | camera operator: Takahashi Production |
Animation Department
| Hideaki Anno | ... | key animator |
| Tatsuo Aoki | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Kaoru Chiba | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Taeko Chikae | ... | cel painter |
| Chris DeLaGuardia | ... | color timer |
| Kazuo Ebisawa | ... | background artist |
| Tadashi Fukuda | ... | key animator |
| Yumi Furuya | ... | cel painter |
| Taidô Hanafusa | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yukiyoshi Hane | ... | key animator (as Yoshiyuki Hane) |
| Takanori Hayashi | ... | key animator |
| Kôji Hôri | ... | inbetween artist (as Kôji Iwai) |
| Umanosuke Iida | ... | inbetween artist |
| Junko Ikeda | ... | key animator |
| Kazuhiro Ikeda | ... | inbetween artist |
| Tatsuo Imamura | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Emiko Ishii | ... | cel painter |
| Megumi Kagawa | ... | key animator (as Ai Kagawa) |
| Yoshinori Kanada | ... | key animator |
| Kazuhiro Kinoshita | ... | background artist |
| Ikkô Kobayashi | ... | key animator (as Kazuyuki Kobayashi) |
| Kazuo Komatsubara | ... | animation director / character designer |
| Masako Kondô | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yôichi Kotabe | ... | key animator |
| Kitarô Kôsaka | ... | key animator (as Kitaro Kosaka) |
| Mahiro Maeda | ... | inbetween artist |
| Satoshi Miura | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Chiharu Mizuma | ... | cel painter |
| Takayo Mizutani | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiroko Murai | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Osamu Nabeshima | ... | key animator |
| Kazuhisa Nagai | ... | inbetween artist |
| Hiromi Nagamine | ... | cel painter |
| Takashi Nakamura | ... | key animator |
| Yoshiko Nakamura | ... | inbetween artist |
| Kuniko Nishimura | ... | background artist |
| Toshio Nozaki | ... | background artist |
| Homi Ogiwara | ... | cel checker |
| Hidekazu Ohara | ... | key animator |
| Kazuo Okada | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Tokue Okazaki | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Tomohiro Omuro | ... | cel painter |
| Toshitsugu Saida | ... | key animator (as Shunji Saida) |
| Kiyoko Saitô | ... | inbetween artist |
| Daijirô Sakamoto | ... | inbetween artist |
| Masako Sakano | ... | clean-up and inbetween artist (as Masako Kondô by error) |
| Taira Sanuki | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yoshiko Sasaki | ... | inbetween artist |
| Richiko Shimizu | ... | cel painter |
| Kimiko Shimono | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Tetsuto Shimono | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Wakako Sugano | ... | cel painter |
| Yûko Sugiyama | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Fukuo Suzuki | ... | color designer |
| Sachiko Tada | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yumiko Taguchi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Yukie Takahashi | ... | inbetween artist |
| Miyoshi Takanami | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Noboru Takano | ... | key animator |
| Yasushi Tanizawa | ... | inbetween artist (as Yasushi Yazawa) |
| Tsukasa Tannai | ... | key animator |
| Yoshiko Togashi | ... | background artist: Design Office Mechaman |
| Shôji Tomiyama | ... | key animator |
| Takashi Watanabe | ... | key animator |
| Yukari Watanabe | ... | inbetween artist |
| Makiko Yamauchi | ... | cel painter |
| Junko Yano | ... | inbetween artist |
| Michiyo Yasuda | ... | color designer |
| Masahiro Yoshida | ... | assistant key animator |
| Masayo Yoshida | ... | cel painter |
| Tadakatsu Yoshida | ... | key animator |
| Masaki Yoshizaki | ... | background artist |
| Tomihiko Ôkubo | ... | assistant key animator (as Tomihiko Okubo) |
| Masaaki Endô | ... | key animator (uncredited) |
| Makiko Futaki | ... | key animator (uncredited) |
| Kôichi Maruyama | ... | key animator (uncredited) |
| Masako Shinohara | ... | key animator (uncredited) |
Casting Department
| Ned Lott | ... | voice casting |
Music Department
| Mai Fujisawa | ... | singer young Nausicaa's theme |
| Masaru Arakawa | ... | music producer (uncredited) |
| Joe Hisaishi | ... | music producer (uncredited) / musician: Acoustic Piano and Keyboards (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited) |
| Masayoshi Ôkawa | ... | music engineer (uncredited) / music mixer (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Judy Aley | ... | translation: English version (as Judith Aley) |
| Stephen Alpert | ... | translation: English version (as Steve Alpert) |
| Nao Amisaki | ... | translation: English version |
| Rick Dempsey | ... | voice direction: English version |
| Cory Hansen | ... | post-production coordinator |
| Linda Hoaglund | ... | translation: English version |
| Jim Hubbert | ... | translation: English version |
| Sherry Hursey | ... | english version adr group |
| Osamu Kameyama | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten |
| Mamoru Kanbe | ... | production assistant |
| Kazuyoshi Katayama | ... | production assistant |
| Kenji Kohara | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten |
| Ned Lott | ... | Additional Voice Director |
| Shirou Miyazaki | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô |
| Kentarou Nakatani | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô |
| Naoyuki Oshikiri | ... | production assistant |
| Vicki Rondou | ... | production coordinator: English version |
| Takashi Satou | ... | production committee: Hakuhôdô |
| David Schmoeller | ... | creative consultant: Warriors of the Wind |
| Nanako Shimazaki | ... | production assistant |
| Toshio Suzuki | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten |
| Noriko Takaya | ... | harmony process |
| Masaya Tokuyama | ... | advertising |
| Yutaka Wada | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten |
| Tsutomu Ôtsuka | ... | production committee: Tokuma Shoten (as Tsutomu Ootsuka) |
| Takashi Tanazawa | ... | production assistant (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Toei Company (1984) (Japan) (theatrical)
- New World Pictures (1985) (United States) (theatrical) (edited dub)
- New World Video (1985) (United States) (VHS) (edited dub)
- Nippon Television Network (NTV) (1985) (Japan) (tv)
- Universum Film (UFA) (1986) (West Germany) (VHS)
- Vestron Video International (1986) (Australia) (video)
- Vestron Video International (1986) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Rank Organisation (1987) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Hoyts Distribution (1988) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Palace Films (1988) (Australia) (theatrical)
- R&G Video (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- Starmaker Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS)
- First Independent Video (1993) (United Kingdom) (VHS) (edited dub)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2003) (Japan) (DVD)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
- Optimum Home Entertainment (2005) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
- Buena Vista International (2006) (France) (theatrical)
- Gaumont (2006) (France) (theatrical)
- Arthouse Traffic (2007) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
- RUSCICO (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Arthaus (2008) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Cinema Mondo (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Folkets Bio (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Pan Vision (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- CCV (2009) (Norway) (DVD)
- Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2009) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East)
- Pan Vision (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
- Pan Vision (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
- Entertainment One (2010) (Spain)
- Intercontinental Video (2010) (Hong Kong) (Blu-ray)
- Madman Entertainment (2010) (Australia) (Blu-ray)
- Noviy Disk (2010) (Russia) (DVD)
- Optimum Home Entertainment (2010) (United Kingdom) (Blu-ray)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (United States) (Blu-ray)
- GKIDS (2011) (United States) (theatrical)
- Universum Film (UFA) (2011) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Lucky Red (2015) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Fathom Events (2017) (United States) (theatrical)
- SBP (2017) (Argentina) (DVD)
- Star Media Entertainment (2017) (Norway) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
- Arthaus (2019) (Norway) (theatrical) (re-release)
- KyivMusicFilm (2019) (Ukraine) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Pioner (2019) (Russia) (theatrical)
- Pioner (2019) (Russia) (theatrical) (re-release)
- HBO Max (2020) (United States) (video)
- Netflix (2020) (Singapore) (video) (VOD)
- Leonine Studios (2023) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2014) (Brazil) (Blu-ray)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2014) (Brazil) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- AGU (inbetween animation assistance)
- Animation 501 (inbetween animation assistance)
- Anime Friend (animation photography)
- BIC Studio (background art)
- Continental Far East (technical assistance)
- DOGA Productions (inbetween animation assistance)
- Design Office Mechaman (background art)
- Dolby Stereo (in selected theatres)
- Easy World (cel painting assistance)
- Hadashi Production (cel painting assistance)
- Hadashi Production (inbetween animation assistance)
- Hokusai (cel painting assistance)
- IM Studio (cel painting assistance)
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) (this picture made under the jurisdiction of)
- Kodak (motion picture film)
- Kusama Art (inbetween animation assistance)
- Nippon Television Network (NTV) (funding)
- Oh Production (inbetween animation assistance)
- Omnibus Promotion (sound production)
- Random (inbetween animation assistance)
- Shinsei Production (cel painting assistance)
- Showmen (edited dub)
- Studio 2001 (cel painting assistance)
- Studio 2001 (cooperation)
- Studio 35 (animation photography)
- Studio Aton (inbetween animation assistance)
- Studio Big (background art)
- Studio Hibari (cel painting assistance)
- Studio Marine (cel painting assistance)
- Studio Pokke (inbetween animation assistance)
- Studio Robin (cel painting assistance)
- Studio Toto (inbetween animation assistance)
- Takagu Atelier (titles)
- Takahashi Production (photography assistance)
- Toei Chemical Industry (film development)
- World Wildlife Fund (recommended by)
- Yamato Production (cel painting assistance)
- Yamato Production (inbetween animation assistance)
- Yuminsha (cel painting assistance)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Set one thousand years from now, the Earth is ravaged by pollution and war. In the Valley of the Wind lives Nausicaä, Princess of her people. Their land borders on a toxic jungle, filled with dangerous over-sized insects. Meanwhile, two nearby nations are bitterly engaged in a war and the Valley of the Wind is stuck in the middle. Written by grantss |
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| Taglines | Miyazaki's epic masterpiece (2005 Disney release) See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $1,000,000 (estimated) |
| Cumulative Worldwide Gross | $7,951,190 |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | When Nausicaä was first released as an English dub in the U.S. in 1985 it was drastically cut down to 1 hour and 35 minutes and titled Warriors of the Wind. Writer and Director Hayao Miyazaki was still so upset by the truncated "Warriors of the Wind" version of Nausicaä that when Harvey Weinstein approached him to discuss the distribution to his following film Princess Mononoke (1997) and insisted on a similar heavily cut version of the movie, Miyazaki angrily left the meeting. Several days later, Studio Ghibli producer Toshio Suzuki sent a katana sword to Weinstein's office with "NO CUTS" embedded into its blade. The movie was later released in the U.S. in its uncut version. During a later interview, Miyazaki commented on the incident by smiling and stating, "I defeated him." Nausicaä was his only film to suffer heavy editing on first release. In 1995 the US rights returned to Miyazaki and he made a distribution deal with Disney. In 2003 a new English dub with Patrick Stewart and Uma Thurman was released in the uncut 117 minute (1hr 57min) version. - James LaPierre WUD Films See more » |
| Goofs | During the climactic battle scene, the design of Oh-Baba's headband changes several times. It sometimes has gold beads instead of gold-circled turquoise beads on the end-pieces, and alternately terminates with a single or a double line of cord. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Tales of the Valley of the Wind (2009). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Kaze no Tani no Naushika (Symbolic Theme Song) See more » |
| Crazy Credits | As the credits roll we see life returning to normal in the valley: Kushana, Kurotowa and the Tolmekian fleet leave peacefully, after Nausicaä has unheard words for Kushana. The denizens of the Valley of the Wind replant trees in the burned-down forest. Lord Yupa and Asbel ride Yupa's beasts to the Toxic Jungle and explore it. When the text "The End" appears on screen we see Nausicaa's discarded helmet in the forest, alongside a green, non-Toxic Jungle sapling. See more » |
| Quotes |
Nausicaä:
Every one of us relies on water from the wells, because mankind has polluted all the lakes and rivers. but do you know why the well water is pure? It's because the trees of the wastelands purify it! And you plan to burn the trees down? You must not burn down the toxic jungle! You should have left the giant warrior beneath the earth!... Asbel, tell them how the jungle evolved and how the insects are gaurding it so we won't pollute the earth again. Asbel please! See more » |