the great message of master Hayao Miyazaki

I want to talk to you about a film that has touched on a very delicate subject, like no other film, from a perspective that few have considered and with a very powerful message.

 this movie deals with the subsistence of nature and the human, in the possibility of whether they can co-exist together, and this movie has something to say about it. I would like to know your opinion on this topic, so I ask you to stay and read until the end so that we can have a nice debate in the comments.

This is a movie written and directed by the genius Hayao Miyazaki, animated by Ghibli Studios and released in 1997.

This movie begins with a Tatarigami threatening the village of Ashitaka, a young prince of this village, who trying to stop the Tatarigami from destroying his village is cursed by him and after Ashitaka manages to kill the Tatarigami, he realizes that this was a The Boar God of the mountains who, blinded by anger and pain, had become a demon, Ashitaka, after being warned of the tragic fate that awaits him with this curse, embarks on a journey in search of what has unleashed the wrath of the Boar God. , to find a cure to his curse and this point is where this story unfolds.

Before starting to talk about this wonderful movie, I would like you to know some concepts for a better understanding.

Tatarigami this term is used for demons, powerful spirits that bring death and destruction, plague and war and all forms of calamity.

 Monoke It is a description that could be translated as "avenging spirit"

 Kodamas its literal meaning is "spirit of the tree" they are spirits of Japanese mythology who believed that they could move freely through the forests and some others thought that they lived linked to a tree and if someone harmed that tree, it would carry the consequence of being cursed

I can not let this post go without mentioning the CURIOSITIES of this movie.

For those who haven't seen this movie yet, you may have deduced it from the concept I gave earlier, but if not... Mononoke is not the name of this princess, they call her that because it is a very good description of this character called San.

Those of us who are fans of this genius know his love and his passion for his work. He is a man who likes details, so in addition to pressuring his Staff to achieve the best possible result, he also presses himself, as a result of this he obtained an injury to his hand from spending hours and hours drawing this is a film practically made by hand but due to his injury fragments designed by computer and about ten minutes made with digital painting were added. (we appreciate the work behind these masterpieces).

Miyazaki producer Toshio Suzuki convinced him to make the film using three arguments:

·         The studio at that time had enough money for a very good budget and it shows, the most expensive animated film in history cost 23 million dollars at that time

·         much of the staff in Ghibli was in its golden age in terms of skills

·         and finally he told him that he was already getting old that soon he would not have energy to work (well played xd)

Miyazaki is an animation genius, that is already well known, but that does not mean that his ideas magically come out of nowhere, many of his movies are ideas he has thought about from previous years, the 1 princess mononoke is something that he had been thinking about for a long time that same in 1995 that the production began, Miyazaki took the production team to the island of Yakushima to walk through the Shiratani Unsul forest, a forest that would take as inspiration for the film's settings.

The film takes place in the Muromachi period, Miyazaki tries to reflect the cultural and ideological differences of the three Japanese ethnic groups: Jomon, Yamato and Emishi.

Princess Mononoke reached a box office record in Japan in 1997, becoming the first film to surpass Titanic.

MY REVIEW – ANALYSIS (spoiler alert)

without a doubt this movie the older it gets the better it gets, the quality of animation for the time is incredible

Among Miyazaki fans, the environmental themes that he proposes in his films are known, but this one in particular is one whose message is deep and powerful, something that only Miyazaki can do through animation.

In this story we find three points that could well form a triangle. in one corner we have Lady Eboshi a woman blinded by arrogance, with zero empathy between the divine or Nature but moved by her people you will be surprised to know that I have not found this "villain" as a villain as such, she represents the abuses that the human being commits against Nature to achieve the progress of Humanity (here we could argue that the end does not justify the means but when you see the movie you will tell me if you hated it or saw it in a neutral way.

in the other corner we have San or Zen depending on the dubbing, a girl raised by wolves, with great contempt for humans, unaware that she is also one, with zero empathy for the needs of humans, she represents anger and desire of revenge of Nature towards humans for all the damage and pain inflicted by the human.

In the last corner we have the mediator, someone who tries to act as the voice of reason, Ashitaka, a boy with high moral values ​​and a very noble and somewhat innocent perspective of the world in my opinion.

As the movie progresses we see how Ashitaka's arm, which has been cursed, reacts to violence and anger, thus giving him a kind of super strength and precision to kill, so we can assume that every time Ashitaka gives in to anger, the curse spread throughout his body.

Ashitaka realized this and never gave in to such feeling and used that force in his favor to serve as a mediator between Lady Eboshi and San's war

Lady Eboshi, San and even the Gods who protected the forests are a message that screams that violence, answered with more violence will create an endless cycle.

why I do not consider Lady Eboshi the villain of this movie? when Ashitaka after following the trail of the Boar turned into a Demon he finds Eboshi's factory Ashitaka had already been warned to observe with clear eyes (free of hate) and come up with a solution , the arrogance and the bad path that Lady Eboshi was taking were undeniable, however Ashitaka discovered that Lady Eboshi had given a better life to women who used to work in brothels, with her factory She gave work and a better life to many of the villagers, and those who at that time were disowned, the lepers. One of the dialogues that made me cry was when Osa, one of the lepers, told Ashitaka...

"Honorable sir, just like you, I know how anger feels. I too have a curse, I understand very well the sorrow and helplessness, but you must not take revenge on Mrs. Eboshi, she is the only one who saw us as human beings, we are lepers, the world hates us and fears us, but she gave us shelter. She wash and sell our rotten meat"

At this point we realize that Lady Eboshi can be arrogant and impulsive, but her desire to conquer the world was justified not only by herself but by her people, she did not think only of her well-being but of those who were loyal to her.

at some point in the movie when everything was getting out of control Ashitaka asked the Moorish Wolf Goddess a very good question.

"Why can't humans and the Forest live together? Is there no way to stop this war?"

which led me to think very deeply about the message of this movie.

the film portrays the different positions on the same problem, the characters do not seek to be heroes without flaws, or incorrigible villains, we can see how everyone has their own concept of morality and what is right or wrong.

many people think that damage to the environment is easy to repair, "let's stop doing it" and problem solved, but the great reality is that it is not as simple as that.

Have you ever heard "humans are the poison of the earth", "humans are the curse of the earth" or have you even said something similar? The other day I saw a publication of a person very affected by all the damage that some humans do to the ecosystem, I could feel his emotions and his impotence and if he hit me very hard, this is a serious issue and yet some of us ignore it, others do we take with humor and others try to do even the minimum to repair the damage.

The great truth is that the progress of the human being threatens the subsistence of Nature, but the needs of the human increase and the forests and lakes and the flora and fauna decrease.

The great message of this film does not seek to leave the human as the great villain, the true villain of this film is anger and revenge, Miyazaki made clear a message of reconciliation, the human must find a way to Coexist with Nature and to grow and develop togeth

Nature does not need us to heal but we need it to live.

If you have come this far I would like to know your opinion on this subject, know that I like to read so if you want to expand Do it, even if you have not seen the movie, it will be there to be appreciated at the time.

Do you think that humans can live in peace with Nature? Do you think there might be a way to stop hurting?

Have you lost faith in humanity? Or do you see any ray of hope?

I read you in the comments... 

one the trailers that i liked the most 

with much love Aliss