Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (film)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Japanese theatrical poster for Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, designed and illustrated by Yoshiyuki Takani
Japanese	風の谷のナウシカ
Hepburn	Kaze no Tani no Naushika
Directed by	Hayao Miyazaki
Produced by	Isao Takahata
Written by	Hayao Miyazaki
Based on	Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind by Hayao Miyazaki
Starring	Sumi Shimamoto Gorō Naya Yōji Matsuda Yoshiko Sakakibara Iemasa Kayumi
Music by	Joe Hisaishi
Cinematography	Koji Shiragami Yukitomo Shudo Yasuhiro Shimizu Mamoru Sugiura
Edited by	Tomoko Kida Naoko Kaneko Masatsugu Sakai
Production company	Topcraft
Distributed by	Toei Company
Release date	11 March 1984 (1984-03-11)
Running time	117 minutes
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	¥1.08 billion
Box office	¥1.48 billion (gross) ¥742 million (rentals)

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Japanese: 風の谷のナウシカ, Hepburn: Kaze no Tani no Naushika^?) is a 1984 Japanese animated epicscience fantasy adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki, based on his own 1982 manga of the same name. Isao Takahata produced the film for Tokuma Shoten and Hakuhodo, with Topcraft animating. Joe Hisaishi, in his first collaboration with Miyazaki, composed the film's musical score. The film stars the voices of Sumi Shimamoto, Goro Naya, Yoji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara and Iemasa Kayumi.

Taking place in a post-apocalyptic world in the far future, the film tells the story of Nausicaä (Shimamoto), the young princess of the Valley of the Wind. She becomes embroiled in a struggle with Tolmekia, a kingdom that tries to use an ancient weapon to eradicate a jungle of mutant giant insects, and attempts to stop the Tolmekians from enraging these creatures.