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Released
1984 · FILM

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

A compassionate teenage princess ventures into a poisonous jungle teeming with giant mutant insects to broker peace between humanity and nature, while racing against a militaristic empire that seeks to unleash a deadly bio‑weapon hidden within the forest.

“A young girl's love called forth miracles…”

Directed by
Hayao Miyazaki, Kazuyoshi Katayama
Written by
Hayao Miyazaki, Kazunori Ito
Rated
BBFC · U
Runtime
117 min
Language
JA
AdventureAnimationSci-Fi

Synopsis

Following a global war, the coastal kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a toxic jungle and the powerful insects that inhabit it. Under the leadership of the brave Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley embark on an epic struggle to restore the relationship between humanity and the Earth.

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The scale of the collaboration

A crew of 112+ credited

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Naoki KanekoShot by Mamoru SugiuraScored by Joe HisaishiSound by Tom E Dahl

Box Office

1984 · Box office

💰 Box-office hit — grossed 9.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$9.0M

Budget$1.0M
Worldwide gross$9.0M
break-even (2.5×)

Re-release box office

2019751 theaters
$496K($641K today)

Domestic gross earned in theatrical re-release, by year · adjusted for inflation

Full synopsis

Versions & cuts

  • 1985, edited· 95 min · 1985

Also known as

  • Kaze no tani no Nausicaade
  • Nausicaä - Prinzessin aus dem Tal der Windede
  • Nausicaä aus dem Tal der Windede
  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winden
  • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Winden
  • Guerreros del vientoes
  • Nausicaä de la vallée du ventfr
  • Nausicaä della Valle del ventoit
  • Kaze no tani no Naushikaja
  • (Bulgarian)Наусика от Долината на вятъра
Release dates around the world5 countries · show
  • JapanMar 11, 1984
  • PortugalMay 12, 1984
  • United StatesJun 14, 1985
  • GermanyJan 1, 1987
  • ItalyJan 6, 1987

Production & Distribution

Production companies
NibarikiTokuma ShotenHakuhodo

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