Billy Bob's Filmography
PRINCESS MONONOKE
(1998)
Distributor
Miramax
Director
Hayao Miyazaki
Character
Jiko Bo
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Movie Quote
JIKO BO: Is this thing soup or donkey
piss?
Plot
Set in feudal-era
Japan, this eco-fable follows the exploits of a valiant prince
named Ashitaka, who receives a curse during battle with a dying
demon god. As he ventures beyond his village into the
remote forests of northern Japan--riding a beautiful elk!--to
find a way to revoke the curse, he stumbles onto an industrial
village where society's misfits have found a safe community and
meaningful life running an ironworks. Unfortunately, the
ironworks are polluting the lush, surrounding forest, which is
populated by powerful gods and spirits. To defend the
forest, a young girl appears from the forest at night, riding
bareback atop a magnificent white wolf god. The girl,
Mononoke, attacks the ironworks. Her encounters with
Ashitaka set into motion a final, apocalyptic confrontation
between the supernatural forces of nature and man as Ashitaka
desperately tries to forge a peace between the two
worlds.
What Billy Bob Gets To Do
Billy Bob voices the part of Jiko Bo, a wily little toad of a monk
sporting wooden stilt-heeled sandals. Working at the
behest of the Emperor, Jiko Bo has designs on the trophy rack of a deer god who may hold the key to the survival of
the enchanted forest. He tags after Ashitaki, sensing
that the prince will lead him closer to the deer
god.
Backstory
If animation has a roll call of the immortals, alongside Walt Disney and Chuck Jones belongs Japan's Hiyao
Miyazaki, who is
internationally acknowledged as the world's greatest
living animator. PRINCESS MONONOKE is both Miyakazi's masterwork and the highest-grossing Japanese film of all time.
The English-language cast includes
Gillian Anderson, Minnie Driver, Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, and Jada Pinkett-Smith.
Awards
(for PRINCESS MONONOKE)
The list is extensive; here's the IMDb
awards page.
Relevant
Links
IMDb Link
Official Miramax DVD Page
Official Miramax VHS Rental Page
Bomis
links to several PRINCESS MONONOKE sites
Official Site of Hiyao Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli
Related Merchandise
The lovely, hardbound PRINCESS MONONOKE: The Art and
Making of Japan's Most Popular Film of All Time,
includes ravishing sketches, backgrounds, character studies, and
final artwork, along with some poetry! Available from
Hyperion Press, this tome apparently lack an author. We
did check the copyright page, and there ain't no author! The
ethereal music from Joe Hisaishi's score is also available on
several CD editions.
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