Hayao Miyazaki

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

8.0

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

Director: Hayao Miyazaki
Main Cast: Youji Matsuda, Ichirō Nagai, Gorō Naya, Sumi Shimamoto
Soundtrack: Joe Hisaishi
Screenplay: Hayao Miyazaki, Kazunori Ito

Original title in Japan is 風の谷のナウシカ.

Cinema Premiere: November 16, 2014

Reviews by critics from other countries

Foreign Reviews

8 foreign reviews of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

1. Moviezine

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: One of Miyazaki's earliest works continues to impress both thematically and with an imaginative visual style.
- Daniel S Ogalde
Swedish: moviezine.se »
2. Dagens Nyheter

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: It is conveyed in Miyazaki's characteristic visual way, as if lifted from all realistic claims and finger-wagging morals. Lush idyll, surprising monstrosities, somewhat recognizable yet never before articulated.
- Eva af Geijerstam
Swedish: dn.se »
3. Nyheter24

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: The movie is certainly a true masterpiece.
- Anaïs González Cruz
Swedish: nyheter24.se »
4. Expressen

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: Tasteful and well-thought-out, socially critical and beautifully sentimental.
- Jenny Rickardson
Swedish: expressen.se »
5. Sveriges Radio

8 / 10

Translated from swedish: Another exciting and original animated film from Hayao Miyazaki. This one was made back in the 80s and feels ahead of its time. With environmental destruction as a major threat.
- Björn Jansson
Swedish: sverigesradio.se »
6. Svenska Dagbladet

6.6 / 10

Translated from swedish: Here, as always with Miyazaki, there are large measures of beauty and invigorating grotesqueries. Humor and horror. As well as the constant changeability: things are rarely what they seem, a circumstance that is both frightening and hopeful.
- Malena Janson
Swedish: svd.se »
7. Aftonbladet

6 / 10

Translated from swedish: Princess Nausicaä is one of many flying protagonists in his strange fairy-tale landscapes. It takes place a thousand years into the future, when gigantic insects terrify the different human peoples who are at war with each other and creating new threats.
- Jens Peterson
Swedish: aftonbladet.se »
8. Dubbningshemsidan

5 / 10

Translated from swedish: The plot has become messy, and there are many seemingly irrelevant threads that are brought up and not always woven together satisfactorily. It's not entirely easy to understand how everything is connected, even for adults, so how children are supposed to manage to keep up is beyond my comprehension.
- Daniel Hofverberg
Swedish: dubbningshemsidan.se »