A Tokuma Shoten Production
It's a gas grenade!
We're under attack!
Hold them there! You, get down on the floor!
Tear gas!
What's the hold up? Hurry up and break down that door!
Where is she?!
Here she is!
Mama, here she is! She was hiding!
Hurry up and catch her!
Mama, I'll fall!
That's it... that's the stone! Hurry, into the next room!
It's the Levistone!
Damn! The Levistone...
Laputa Castle in the Sky
A Tokuma Koukai Presentation
Planning: Yamashita Tatsumi Ogata Hideo
Animation Director: Tannai Tsukasa
Art Directors: Nozaki Toshirou Yamamoto Fumi
Music: Hisashi Jo
Finishing: Yasuda Michiyo Photography: Takahashi Hiroshi Editting: Seyama Takeshi
Sound Director: Shiba Shigeharu Sound Editting: Inoue Shuuji Sound Effects: Satou Kazutoshi
Cast: Hatsui Genei Tokita Fujio Terada Nou
Tanaka Mayumi Yokozawa Keiko
Production: Gentetsu Studio Ghibli Producer: Takahata Isao
Original Work, Screenplay and Direction: Miyazaki Hayao
Original script translation by Sue Shambaugh
Script revision by Jeff Okamoto
Additional editing and subtitles by RA
Reproduction of this script is permitted for NON-PROFIT purposes only!
This subtitled tape was made possible for fans by fans and is not for sale or rental.
Mister! Put in two meatballs!
Working a lot of overtime?
Yes! Business may finally be picking up again.
Still working?
Yeah.
What's that?
That's a person!
PAZU!
What are you doing up there? What about dinner?
Boss!
A girl from the sky...
Boss, a girl from the sky...
#@%* worn-out engine!
Boss, a girl...
Close the #2 valve!
Pazu, hand me a wrench.
Yes, sir!
I can't let go! You do it!
Don't keep the people down below waiting.
Yes, sir!
Keep calm... you can do it.
Yes, sir!
Brake!
How was it?
It's no use. The silver isn't concentrated anywhere.
Digging here is useless...
Shouldn't we have dug to the east?
That place is just full of old pits.
We'll just have to do it over again, won't we?
Yes... all over again...
That's it...
Put out the boiler fire. No overtime tonight. Times are hard. We'll end up starving.
Pazu, oil that run-down engine.
Yes, sir!
It's no use, Mama. We can't find anything in the dark.
You think we've searched thoroughly, eh?
There's not a trace. We'll start again when it gets light.
Well, how do you feel? Hey, wait! Wait, I said!
I'm Pazu. I live alone in this house.
When I'm done playing, I give them this.
I'm relieved. Anyway, you look human.
Until a little while ago, I was worried you were an angel or something.
Thanks for saving me. I'm Sheeta.
Sheeta... that's a nice name.
I was surprised by the way you fell out of the sky.
I see... Why do you suppose I was saved?
After all, I fell out of an airship.
You don't remember?
Say - can I see that for a minute?
This?
It's been in my family for generations.
A pretty stone, isn't it? Just a second.
Watch!
Pazu!
Looks like it wasn't the stone after all.
Pazu, hold on...
Are you okay?
Yes. And you?
I'm fine. Does it hurt?
Yes. My head hurts from Boss's fist.
Oh, yeah. The pot is boiling. Let's go in and eat.
You can wash up over there.
There are towels, too.
Thank you.
Sheeta!
Sheeta, ready yet?
That's a photograph my father took from an airship.
Laputa is an island floating in the sky.
An island that floats in the sky?
Yeah. They say it's just a legend... but my father saw it!
That's the photograph he took.
Swift wrote about Laputa in "Gulliver's Travels," but that was just a story.
Father drew this from his memory!
There's no one living there any more.
There's supposed to be a lot of treasure there.
But, nobody believes in it.
Father died in Sagi, looking for it.
But, my father's not a liar.
One day I'll prove it! I'll discover Laputa.
An automobile... how rare!
They're pirates.
They're the ones who attacked the airship.
They're after you?
Hurry, this way!
Good morning!
Hey! Wait!
What? I'm in a hurry!
Has a new girl come to these parts?
Baby Madge! She came to Boss's place yesterday.
Damn! A coincidence!
They're after you, alright.
Louie! A girl's dress!
What? Disguised? You tell Mama!
...haven't seen her.
A cute girl, with dark hair in braids?
Boss! Boss!
Just about that age...
Brother! That's her!
They're pirates! They're after this girl.
MADGE Pirates! Look!
That's far enough.
We'll get her.
Pirates, huh?
The Dora Clan.
Leave us alone. We're just a poor lot.
Mom!
Escape out the back!
I want to fight, too!
They have weapons.
But...
You'll be a good boy, won't you? Protect her.
In any case, we'll get her somehow.
Think you're man enough? Settle this with your fists.
All right.
Do it, brother!
Oh, my... show him, Duffy!
Wow...
And who sewed that shirt?
Brother, don't give up!
Go! Go!
They think they can fool me, do they? Follow them!
Get on!
Let's go!
Pazu - taking the day off?
We're being chased.
It's the Dora Clan.
Pirates?
Give us a ride to the next city, and we'll go to the police.
All right. Help stoke it!
Stupid sons of mine... hurry up and get in!
But the girl's in there.
She snuck out the back door. Get moving.
Wait!
Pazu, they're on to you!
Can't we go any faster?
She's pretty old.
Let's change places!
Mama, I'm going to fall!
More steam... they're gaining on us!
Faster!
Sheeta, come here!
Take care of the stoking!
Don't give up!
Push! Keep pushing!
Hold it!
They won't get away.
Don't just sit there... push these things off the track!
There... running fine!
I'll do it.
We'll do it together.
Wait!
It's them, Mama. What'll we do?
I'm not giving up just yet! Let's move!
We're blocked. It's the army.
Hey, please help out these kids. They're being chased by pirates.
Farewell!
Wait!
Stop! Stop, or I'll shoot!
It's an armored tank!
I don't care! Ram it!
Sheeta, what's the matter?!
Don't ask!
They'll fall!
Be quiet. Watch closely!
We're floating!
See that? The power of the Levistone!
It WAS the stone after all! Amazing!
It's okay. This way we'll go to the bottom.
AMAZING! I want it!
Fire!
Excellent! I WILL get my hands on it!
It's going out.
Oh, wait...!
It did that when you came floating down, Sheeta.
The entrance looks so small.
I hope nothing bad happens to your boss or the engineer.
It's okay. Miners are tough. Let's go.
Since long ago, the mountain's been riddled with mine shafts.
Here.
Oh, good. I'm awfully hungry.
There's an apple and two candies for later.
Your bag is like magic. It has everything in it.
Gondoa? That's in the northern mountains, isn't it?
Yes. When my parents died, they left me the house and farm.
I managed alone, somehow.
You were kidnapped by those men with dark glasses?
The same men we saw?
Who could it be... with such an army...
Both Dora and the "dark glasses" want to get the stone...
I had no idea there was such a mysterious power in this stone.
It has been handed down through my family, since times long past.
Mother gave it to me when she died, telling me never to show it or give it to strangers.
So, we're both orphans.
Forgive me for getting you mixed up in my troubles, Pazu.
Don't worry. When you fell from the sky, my heart was pounding.
I knew it was the start of something wonderful.
Imps... They're imps...
Grandpa Pomu! It's okay. He's a very nice man.
~ We're lost!
This imp looks just like Pazu...
~ and a little girl imp, too, I see.
We're being chased by pirates...
...and by the army, too.
Intrepid, aren't you...
Well, help yourself.
Thank you.
Grandpa, do you always stay underground?
That's impossible!
~ Since last night, the stones have been making a mysterious commotion...
I hope they quiet down soon.
The rocks make noise?
The stones have small voices...
Wow.
Pazu - look up.
But it was just rock...
It's pretty.
Now, look at this.
It went out.
There are Levistone veins inside the rocks here.
Levistone?
This happens when Levistone touches the air. It fades and becomes just rock.
It's glowing.
I'm amazed!
That's a pure Levistone crystal...
I'm beginning to see now...
It's no wonder the stones are so restless!
There's a mysterious power in this stone.
Only the people of Laputa had the power to make such a thing.
The people of Laputa...
That was when it floated in the sky over Dekkai Island.
There really was a Laputa! Sheeta, it exists, after all.
Grandpa, where do you think the island is now?
Grandpa Pomu?
Sorry, but could you put away the stone? It's too much for me.
What's the matter, Grandpa?
My grandpa told me...
When the stones are noisy, Laputa is over the mines.
So, if we went up into the sky now, we could see Laputa!
Sheeta, my father wasn't lying!
Uhh... Little girl... Umm...
Yes?
I tell others about stones because that's how I make a living.
Listen, the good luck the stones bring people also seems to invite bad luck.
What's more. That stone was made by human hands. Remember that...
It's not like that!
That stone has saved Sheeta twice already, hasn't it?
This is amazing! Laputa is real.
They've gone.
Let's go back to the ship, Mama.
Keep quiet. We'll stay here for now.
I'm hungry.
It's okay, let's go.
Thanks, Grandpa.
Be careful.
Wow... what magnificent clouds...
The island is floating, hidden behind the peaks of those clouds.
I'll do it! I swear I'll find Laputa!
Pazu...
There's something I still haven't told you...
There's an old, secret name in my family.
When I inherited this stone, I inherited that name as well...
My inherited name is Lucita...
Lucita Toelle Ul Laputa.
Laputa - then...!
It's the army! Run, Sheeta!
Run to the cave!
Don't move!
What are you doing?!
Pazu!
Let me go!
We've caught them, sir.
Did they give you a lot of trouble?
Open up! Open up!
This is too slow!
She'll talk as soon as we lock her up!
That's a bad habit of the government.
Rush things and both the girl and the investment will suffer, your Excellency.
If we'd mobilized the troops in the first place, Dora wouldn't have surprised us.
Your Excellency, the coded messages were deciphered.
What?!
This is a job for my agents.
Your Excellency need only move the troops at the right time.
Muska! I am the commander of the Laputa investigation. Don't forget that!
Of course; and I take my orders directly from the government. Don't forget that.
Meddling fool!
Did you sleep well?
Where's Pazu? I want to see Pazu!
Don't you like the latest fashions?
Don't worry about him. His head is harder than mine.
Come, there's something I want you to see.
Go in.
What is it...?
It has terrible destructive power. It's a robot soldier.
If this fellow hadn't fallen out of the sky, nobody would have believed in Laputa.
This wasn't made anywhere on the Earth's surface.
It has power almost beyond imagining.
And its body... metallic? Ceramic? Our scientists still don't know.
Look at this. Don't be afraid. It's been inactive since we found it.
There.
The same symbol that was on the old fireplace in your home...
...and on this necklace.
This stone won't work except in your hands.
It will protect you until the day you decide to return to Laputa, then it will show you the way.
But, I don't know anything!
If you want the stone, take it! Leave us alone.
You think Laputa is kind of a "treasure island," don't you?
Laputa flies because of an impressive scientific power.
It once controlled the whole surface of the Earth with an empire of fear!
If a thing like that is still wandering in the skies, is it not a danger to peace?
I think you understand. I'd like you to help me.
Laputa's location is in the stone. Surely you must know an incantation or something?
I really don't know. Let me see Pazu.
I don't like to be overdramatic, but that young man's fate is in your hands.
If you help us, I'll set him free,
Lucita Toelle Ul Laputa.
How did you know that?
"Ul" means king in Laputan. "Toelle" means true.
You are the rightful successor of the Laputan royal family, Queen Lucita.
Come out.
Sheeta!
Pazu, are you hurt?
I'm okay. But you? They haven't done anything to you, have they?
Pazu, I was wrong about you. Please forgive me.
I didn't know that you were fighting to protect her from the pirates.
Sheeta... what?
Pazu, I beg you. Forget about Laputa.
What?
The army will investigate Laputa with Sheeta's help.
I understand how you feel, but I'd like you to keep "hands off" for a while.
Sheeta... is this true? But...
Forgive me for troubling you. Thank you. I'll never forget you, Pazu.
It can't be... Sheeta... didn't you promise?
Goodbye.
Wait, Sheeta!
If you want to be a man then listen to reason!
This is a small, but heartfelt thanks. Take it and go.
Remember the words that activate the stone...
If you keep your promise, you'll be set free, too.
Mama, it's Pazu. Pazu came back!
I was worried. Nobody had seen you since yesterday.
What happened to that little girl?
She's all right.
Let me go... what are you doing?!
Don't make a fuss.
Only staying for a bit, my boy.
Get out!
This is my house!
Big talk for a brat who can't even protect a little girl.
Look at all the money he's got!
Oh dear, you sold the girl for money?
You're wrong! I wouldn't do a thing like that!
Then where did you get the money?
Sheeta told me to take it! So, I...
So you took it and ran...
And you call yourself a man?
Don't give me that! Weren't you trying to get hold of Sheeta, too?
Of course. Pirates are always after treasure!
They're strange fellows. Why do they keep kidnapping the girl?
Do you think they'll let the girl live?
Idiot! She was forced to deal with them to save you!
You understand everything, don't you, Mama?
I haven't been a woman for 50 years without learning something.
Don't you see? She saved your life.
Just breaks my heart, it's true love and you don't even shed a tear.
If any of you ever marry, find a nice girl like her.
Don't you mean like you, Mama?
Like that girl?
Good... still using the old code!
They've summoned a warship.
They're leaving with the girl. If we don't hurry, we'll lose them!
Move your butts! Let's go!
Are you going to go kidnap Sheeta?
The girl is nothing, it's the Levistone!
But the Levistone by itself is useless! If Sheeta doesn't hold the stone, it won't work!
Auntie, won't you take me with you? I want to save Sheeta.
You won't be pampered. If you go, you'll have to take care of yourself.
I will. If I have the strength, I'll protect her.
The treasure of Laputa is worth it! Please...
Oh, you're making her cry.
Shut up!
We don't know if the girl will listen to us, do we?
We won't have a second chance.
Understood.
You'll follow orders?
Don't take more than 40 seconds to pack.
Take care, everyone.
Fasten yourself with this belt. The rest of you, wait on the ship.
What an excellent ship! Muska, has the girl talked?
I need a little more time.
There'll be plenty of time in the air. We leave at dawn with the girl.
Hurry up! It'll soon be light!
That's too bad.
So, Sheeta, I'll tell you something good.
A spell for times of trouble.
A spell?
That's right. Very old, secret words.
Lete Latobarita Ulse Aliaros Baru Netoreel
It's to save us. It is a wish, "Light, be reborn."
Lete Latobarita Ulse Aliaros Baru Netoreel
Excellent!
It was in an old manuscript... this is a holy light...
Holy light?
What kind of incantation was it? Tell me the words.
It's moving!
The robot... the robot's alive. Hello?!
Help! It's crazy!
It's moving. Put out the fire. It's the robot!
The robot?!
Where does it think it's going?
Amazing!
I see!
It's that light! The seal on the robot was broken by the holy light.
It has opened the way to Laputa! Come here!
It can fly?!
It's nuts!
It's piercing the sky.
Laputa is in the same direction as that light.
Not ready yet? Hurry up!
Blasting powder? You idiot; do you want to blow up this fort?
Hello? Hello? Hey, what's wrong?!
Okay.
It's connected.
This is Captain Muska. Communication lines are down because of the robot.
Take emergency action. I am in temporary command.
The robot is trying to get to the girl on the East tower.
Kill it the moment it shows itself. Leave fuses off the shells. Don't hurt the girl.
Hurry! Hurry!
Fire!
Forward!
It's flattened.
Alright!
Get the girl!
Is she dead?
Hey... get up.
She's just fainted.
Stand up!
It moved!
What's going on? Looks like a war.
Let's go, Auntie!
Call me Captain!
Charles, fly a little lower.
Stop! Stop, already! Please!
Mama, the Goliath is moving!
If they go, we'll end up flying right into their guns.
There she is... it's Sheeta.
What?
Where?
Straight ahead!
She's on the top of the small tower!
That's a brave girl! Cover us!
Sheeta, come on!
Auntie, a little closer!
Go up!
This is our last chance. Grab her as we pass!
Go!
Get out of the way! Damn!
What is the Goliath doing?
A smoke screen?
Muska, what happened to the robot?
The robot was destroyed. The girl has escaped. What?
Look sharp... put out the fires! Form search parties!
It hasn't lost its holy light.
It's still showing the direction of Laputa.
Inform the General that we will depart for Laputa as planned.
Nice, isn't she.
Hard to believe she'll grow up to be just like Mama.
Here's your valley. Glad to be rid of such a useless pair.
Auntie, please let us ride on your ship.
Call me Captain! You don't have the stone. Why should I let you on board?
We'll repay you.
I want to see Laputa with my own eyes.
What if there isn't any treasure?
You're not greedy enough to ride a pirate ship, anyway.
Mama, can she come along?
If there's any funny business, I'll throw you into the sea!
Hurray! A live-in cook.
A dishwasher!
A potato peeler!
Can you make pudding?
I like mincemeat pie!
And me... well, now, let me see... I'll eat anything!
Behave yourselves! Really! Just like children.