Cinema
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
風の谷のナウシカ
Hayao Miyazaki · 1984
Synopsis
A thousand years after the Seven Days of Fire, a war that ruined civilisation, a toxic forest populated by giant insects is gaining ground on the lands, according to AlloCiné. Nausicaä, princess of a valley protected by the wind from the sea, explores this forest and knows how to calm the Ohmu, armoured insects as big as houses, according to Deep Focus Review. In secret she grows plants from the forest to understand where the poison comes from. One day, an aircraft from the warrior kingdom of Tolmekia crashes in the valley, carrying the embryo of a weapon from the ancient age taken from the neighbouring kingdom.
Context
The film adapts a graphic narrative published since 1982 in the magazine Animage, from the Tokuma company; only a small part of it had appeared, and the story continued until 1994. Released on 11 March 1984, the film was later distributed in the United States in 1985 in a version shortened by about twenty minutes and renamed, made without the author's consent; he has since demanded that his films no longer be cut abroad. The complete version circulated across the Atlantic only in 2005.
Who it is for
Nearly two hours of animation, based on the beginning of a long story in comic-strip form, which continues well beyond the film.
Prizes and reception
A great success in Japan, it is regarded as the starting point of Studio Ghibli, founded the following year.
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