PRINCESS MONONOKE, a landmark of animation from Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, and globally celebrated animation house, Studio Ghibli, comes to North American cinemas, presented on a brand new 4K restoration exclusively in IMAX theatres. In celebration of the historic Studio Ghibli’s 40th anniversary, GKIDS, the Academy Award®-winning producer and distributor of acclaimed and artist-driven animation from around the world, will bring the film to IMAX theatres in the US and Canada beginning March 26, 2025. The film will be shown in both original Japanese language with subtitles and English language dubbed versions. Tickets are on sale now.
First released in 1997, PRINCESS MONONOKE is one of Director Hayao Miyazaki’s beloved features from Studio Ghibli. The now classic title remains a cultural touch point and has maintained an immeasurable influence on modern cinema. The hand-drawn, animated feature is an original story written and directed by Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki, produced by co-founder Toshio Suzuki, and features a musical score from Miyazaki’s long-time collaborator, the renowned composer Joe Hisaishi. The IMAX version of the film was created from a new 4K restoration directly overseen by Studio Ghibli’s own Atsushi Okui, who has been involved in nearly every major Studio Ghibli project since he first started at the studio in 1993. Okui’s most recent credit with the studio was as Director of Digital Imaging on Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning The Boy and the Heron, which was also the first Studio Ghibli film to screen in IMAX format.
GKIDS handles North American distribution for the famed Studio Ghibli library of films across all theatrical, home video, digital, and streaming platforms. The company has released Studio Ghibli’s most recent films in theaters nationwide, including the Academy Award-winning The Boy and the Heron, the Academy Award-nominated The Tale of The Princess Kaguya, the Academy Award-nominated When Marnie Was There, From Up on Poppy Hill and more. Since 2017, GKIDS has produced the annual Ghibli Fest, a monthly nationwide theatrical program of Studio Ghibli film screenings in over 1000 theaters across the country.
Synopsis:
From the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of Spirited Away, and Academy Award®-winning director Hayao Miyazaki, comes an epic masterpiece that has dazzled audiences worldwide with its breathtaking imagination, exhilarating battles, and deep humanity.
Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. Featuring the voice talents of Gillian Anderson, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Billy Bob Thornton.
Source: Press Release
