Kaze no tani no Naushika

1984Movie⏱️ 1h 57m🏆 #310 Top Rated

AnimationAdventureSci-Fi

⭐ 8

IMDB Rating

195,145 votes

Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

Director

Hayao Miyazaki

Writers

Hayao Miyazaki, Kazunori Itô

Stars

Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda

Release Date

November 25, 1987

Language

Japanese

Country

Japan

🏆 3

Wins

🎯 1

Nominations

💬 312

Reviews

📋 208K

Watchlists

📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Sumi Shimamoto

as Nausicaä

👤

Mahito Tsujimura

as Jihl

Hisako Kyôda

as Oh-Baba

Gorô Naya

as Yupa

Ichirô Nagai

as Mito

Kôhei Miyauchi

as Goru

Jôji Yanami

as Gikkuri

Minoru Yada

as Niga

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Rihoko Yoshida

as Teto

👤

Masako Sugaya

as Girl A

💰 Box Office

$9,211,671

Worldwide Gross

$495,770

Domestic Gross

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio

1.85 : 1

Sound

Mono

Color

Production

Nibariki, Tokuma Shoten, Hakuhodo

🏷️ Keywords

post apocalypseprincesspollutiongiant insectdying planet

🎯 Categories

JapaneseAction EpicAdult AnimationAdventure EpicAnimeDystopian Sci-FiEpicHand-Drawn AnimationSci-Fi EpicSteampunk

⭐ Featured Review

A Masterpiece of Animated Cinema

by mahlersoboes • 2005-05-25

9/10

"Director Hayao Miyazaki won a place in my heart after I saw his 2001 film Spirited Away. I'm in no position to claim to be an expert on Miyazaki (I've only seen three of his films), nor am I really a big fan of Japanese animation; but I can safely say that Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind is one of the very best animated films I have ever seen. The beauty of the animation is stunning, with its close attention to detail--every frame is constructed as a work of art--and the story is enthralling. As with other Miyazaki films, the majority of characters are much more three-dimensional ..."

💡 Did You Know?

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.