Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) Poster

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MPAA Rated PG for violence
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Sex & Nudity

  • A shot of Nausicaa's butt is shown when her skirt floats
  • Nausicaa stuffs her pet fox-squirrel into her shirt, next to her right breast, but only a glimpse is seen. There are several shots which seem to show her bare bottom, but she is actually wearing white tights or trousers; the color difference is clear when compared to her hands and face.

Violence & Gore

  • A woman is shot, blood shown.
  • Most times people are stabbed or hit they fall on the ground and it is unclear whether or not they are dead.
  • A tank drives into a group of soldiers up against a door, it is unclear whether they are hurt.
  • Some airships with people inside explode.
  • A women who survived a plane crash dies in another woman's arms.
  • A large baby bug is impaled with spikes and blue ooze or blood drips out of its shell.
  • A large monster fires laser beams from its mouth at a stampede of bugs and large explosions consume them; the monster dies and the flesh melts off its bones in moments leaving a huge skeleton.
  • A girl is shot in the leg and the shoulder as she tries to attack two soldiers, later her bloody wounds are magically healed.
  • A man is stabbed in the hand, blood runs down the sword and drips onto the floor.
  • Many scenes of devastation and destroyed cities in ruins.
  • Many sword fights, some people are fully impaled, but the movement is fast and no blood is shown.

Profanity

  • In the Japanese version, there are around six uses of "damn."
  • No noteworthy profanity is present in the English dub.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Several battle scenes between human armies and stampedes of gigantic insects are quite intense. A large part of the plot revolves around people fighting these insects.
  • There are several scenes of cataclysmic warfare and devastation.
  • A ruler attempts to resurrect a gigantic warrior. Scenes of its internal organs are shown in detail as its body is reconstructed. The warrior is brought into battle before its reconstruction is complete; it collapses and the flesh quickly rots off its bones.

Spoilers

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Violence & Gore

  • The main character goes on a violent rampage after she finds her father dead. A lot of blood is present in this sequence. However she does show remorse for her actions not long after.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • The main characters are put in grave danger. One Is shot and blood is shown. One dies, but is saved.

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