I cannot believe how it is possible that I have never seen this film in my life. I have logged almost 4,000 films on Letterboxd, almost 90 percent of which are feature films, and yet I chose never to make Princess Mononoke one of those 4,000 films for some stupid reason that I cannot even properly explain.
It is rare that I give a full five-star rating on a first-time watch – granted, I did it two days in a…