Synopsis
After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.
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Cast
- Sumi ShimamotoNausicaä (voice)
- Ichiro NagaiMito (voice)
- Gorō NayaYupa (voice)
- Youji MatsudaAsbel (voice)
- Yoshiko SakakibaraKushana (voice)
- Iemasa KayumiKurotowa (voice)
- Hisako KyodaObaba (voice)
- Mahito TsujimuraJihl (voice)
- Mina TominagaLastel (voice)
- Kohei MiyauchiGol (voice)
Recommendations
- 100
IGN
Big ambitions inspire great designs; little things bring them to life. Nausicaa has both in abundance. - 100
Chicago Reader
The action sequences are as suspenseful as any in the director's career; the most impressive scenes, though, may be the slower ones, which consider how humanity might evolve after driving itself to near extinction. - 90
The New Yorker
Hayao Miyazaki’s animated adventure, from 1984, is a magnificent anomaly—a rousing vision of scorched earth. - 90
Time Out
Stellar stuff. - 80
Empire
Dreamlike Ghibli animation that's well worth seeking out. - 75
The A.V. Club
The film is good-hearted, energetic, and full of Ghibli's characteristically beautiful hand-rendered animation, but it's also lightweight and hyper, with none of Miyazaki's more resonant themes. - 70
Variety
Miyazaki’s first hit fascinates as a glimpse into the master’s then-developing style, even when the final-act storytelling gets woozy.
