Over the years, Hayao Miyazaki has broken box office records with successful films like Spirited Away , Howl's Moving Castle and Princess Mononoke.
It is also the first Ghibli film to receive a PG-13 rating in the United States.
She may be a god, but she's getting on in years.
Also, even though Billy Bob Thornton was the rather good voice of an old monk named Jiko-bo, he just never really grabbed me as much as I think that character should of.
The poverty of imagination in our period dramas is largely due to the influence of cliche movie plots.
The main heroes of this film are the rampaging forest gods of the mountains and the people who rarely show their faces on the stage of history.