Warriors of the Wind poster

Warriors of the Wind (1984)

Film · 1h 35m · Rated PG · In Japanese

Adventure, Animation, Anime, Fantasy, Foreign (non-English)

A courageous princess leads her people in an earnest, epic struggle to restore humanity's bond with Earth.

A family watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.

Streaming on Max.

Warriors of the Wind parents guide

Strong violence and light gore, which is more than most PG titles carry. Beyond that, a few tense moments and a jolt or two.

Scare
Mildly scary
A few tense or eerie moments.
Jump scares
A couple
One or two sudden jolts.
Gore
Light gore
Some blood or injury, briefly.
Violence
Strong violence
Violence is frequent or intense.
Sex and nudity
None flagged
It is a PG from before PG-13 existed, when a PG could carry more, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.
Language
None flagged
It is a PG from before PG-13 existed, when a PG could carry more, so treat our zero as unconfirmed.

How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.

Three questions

Is Warriors of the Wind scary?
Only a little. Warriors of the Wind has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
How gory is Warriors of the Wind?
Light gore and strong violence.
What is Warriors of the Wind rated, and is it OK for kids?
Rated PG, with more than the label suggests: strong violence.

What is Warriors of the Wind about?

After a global war, the seaside kingdom known as the Valley of the Wind remains one of the last strongholds on Earth untouched by a poisonous jungle and the powerful insects that guard it. Led by the courageous Princess Nausicaä, the people of the Valley engage in an epic struggle to restore the bond between humanity and Earth.

Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)

Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.

Cast and crew

Directed byHayao Miyazaki
StarringSumi Shimamoto, Ichiro Nagai, Gorō Naya, Yoji Matsuda, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Iemasa Kayumi

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