Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

Release Date

1984

Director

  • Hayao Miyazaki

Cast

  • Sumi Shimamoto
  • Mahito Tsujimura
  • Hisako Kyôda

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

One thousand years have passed since the Seven Days of Fire, an apocalyptic war that destroyed civilization and created the vast Toxic Jungle, a poisonous forest swarming with giant mutant insects. Now, only small pockets of humanity survive. One pocket is the kingdom of the Valley of the Wind, where a princess named Nausicaä (voiced by Sumi Shimamoto) explores the jungle and communicates with its inhabitants, including the gigantic, armored trilobite-like creatures called Ohm. She hopes to understand the jungle and find a way for it and humans to coexist. Acclaimed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki (Howl's Moving Castle) co-wrote and directed this anime adventure film.

Past Programs

2014

Human Sustainability and Biological Symbioses

The Little Theatre, Rochester, NY

2022

How does environmental change affect our forests?

Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline, MA

2023