This film was released in 1997 and directed by Hayao Miyazaki in Ghibli studio created in 1985. For two hours and fourteen minutes, it is the longest film on the Miyazaki charts. Through this masterpiece, Miyazaki denounces the exploitation of natural resources through themes such as ecology, disease and the environment. In fact, throughout the film we follow the adventures of a young man named Ashitaka who is cursed after fighting a sick boar. I won't tell you more about the rest of the film for fear of giving a spoil alert . However, to better understand this magnificent film, let's go back about seventy-six years. After World War II, Japan was propelled to the forefront of the global economic scene. Japan thus continues its expansion to the detriment of its limited natural resources and develops its nuclear fleet. The rise of the economy and industrialization disadvantage the Japanese ecology. Subsequently in 1970 Japan discovered that the city of Minamata had been suffering from mercury poisoning from a petrochemical plant for several decades. This causes diseases such as leukemia that are fatal to the inhabitants. In his film " Through the Blacksmith Village", Miyazaki denounces this over-exploitation which damages the environment around them (the forest). In his angry film he winks at the people of the city of Minamata through the lepers put aside by society. To me this film is a breath of fresh air in a literal sense. We follow the daily life of war and characters tortured between what to do for each  other as well as their own survival. We cannot take sides with a specific group because they are each defending their habitat and their lives. Not to mention the designs which are a marvel for the eyes and the music created by Joe Hisaishi which moves us and fills us with emotion. This is a film that I recommend to see among Miyazaki's films, for these themes, for the beauty of the graphics and for the story itself, which will amaze you and move you. Miyazaki's films are filled with beauty, poetry, denunciation and awareness while maintaining a certain innocence.