Q 01/05

Who wrote and directed Princess Mononoke?

A) Hayao Miyazaki

B) Isao Takahata

C) Mamoru Oshii

D) Satoshi Kon

Answer · why

A) Hayao Miyazaki

It was his first jidaigeki, a period drama about the lives of historic Japanese people.

Q 02/05

In which period of Japanese history is Princess Mononoke set?

A) Kamakura

B) Heian

C) Muromachi

D) Azuchi–Momoyama

Answer · why

C) Muromachi

Miyazaki chose it to show Japan before deforestation and rice agriculture had tamed the land.

Q 03/05

The young prince who journeys west to cure his cursed arm belongs to which people?

A) Ryukyuan

B) Emishi

C) Ainu

D) Yamato

Answer · why

B) Emishi

The film uses his outsider status to challenge the idea of a single homogeneous Japanese ethnicity.

Q 04/05

San, the girl the townspeople call Princess Mononoke, was raised by which animals?

A) Foxes

B) Bears

C) Boars

D) Wolves

Answer · why

D) Wolves

Her adoptive mother is the wolf goddess Moro.

Q 05/05

Who produced Princess Mononoke and led its marketing campaign?

A) Yasuyoshi Tokuma

B) Isao Takahata

C) Yoshifumi Kondō

D) Toshio Suzuki

Answer · why

D) Toshio Suzuki

The promotion budget of at least ¥2.6 billion exceeded the film's production budget.