[Man Narrating] In ancient times, the land lay covered in forests,
where, from ages long past, dwelt the spirits of the gods.
Back then, man and beast lived in harmony,
but as time went by, most of the great forests were destroyed.
Those that remained were guarded by gigantic beasts...
who owed their allegiance to the Great Forest Spirit,
for those were the days of gods and demons.
[Rustling, Growling]
Yakul! Come on, boy. [Grunts]
- Girls! - Ashitaka!
There's something strange going on. You have to hurry.
The wise woman wants everybody back to the village at once.
- We just came from ji-san. - Did he see something?
Yes, in the forest. Something's wrong.
- The birds have gone. - The animals too.
I'll go to the watchtower and check with ji-san.
You three hurry back home and be quick about it.
All right. Be careful!
Huh?
[Rumbling]
Something's there.
- Ji-san, did you see it too? - I did. It isn't human.
The wise woman's calling everybody back to the village.
There. Look.
- It's some kind of demon! - A demon?
[Roaring]
Run, Yakul! Run!
[Screaming]
It's headed for the village. I've got to stop it.
Rrince Ashitaka, wait! Be careful!
That thing is cursed! Don't let it touch you!
Here, Yakul! [Whistles]
Calm your fury, o mighty lord!
Whatever you may be, god or demon, please leave us in peace!
[Shouting]
- The monster! - Come on!
Go back! Rlease! Leave our village alone!
Stop! Rlease! Stop!
[Ranting]
- [Groaning] - Get up!
- Run! - Come on! Hurry!
[Grunting]
[Shrieking]
[Groaning]
- He killed it! - Ashitaka!
- Fetch the wise woman! - Don't put the fire out yet.
- [Groaning] - Ashitaka!
Are you all right?
- Kaya, don't touch it. This wound is evil. - The prince has been hurt.
- Where is the wise woman? - [Man] Here she comes!
You must keep away from him, all of you. Bveryone, stay back.
- What shall we do? - Take this and pour it over his wound, child, slowly.
- All right. - [Groans]
[Labored Breathing]
O nameless god of rage and hate,
I bow before you.
A mound will be raised and funeral rites performed on this ground where you have fallen.
Rass on in peace and bear us no hatred.
Disgusting little creatures,
soon all of you will feel my hate...
and suffer as I have suffered.
[Gasps]
[Wind Howling]
[Rattling]
[Rattling Gontinues]
I'm afraid this is very bad.
The stones tell me the boar god came from far to the west.
He had some kind of poison inside him, driving him mad,
a poisonous hatred that consumed his heart and fesh...
and turned him into a demon monster.
- Rrince Ashitaka? - Yes?
Show everyone your right arm.
- [Gasping] - What's it mean?
My prince, are you prepared to learn...
what fate the stones have foretold you?
Yes, I was prepared the very moment that I let my arrow fy.
Mmm.
The infection will spread throughout your whole body, bone and fesh alike.
It will cause you great pain and then kill you.
Is there no way we can stop it?
The prince got that wound by defending our village and saving our lives!
Do we just sit here and watch him die?
You cannot alter your fate, my prince.
However, you can rise to meet it, if you choose.
Look at this.
This iron ball was found in the boar's body.
This is what hurt him so.
It shattered his bones and burned its way deep inside him.
This is what turned him into a demon.
There is evil at work in the land to the west, Rrince Ashitaka.
It's your fate to go there and see what you can see with eyes unclouded by hate.
You may find a way to lift the curse.
- You understand? - Yes.
We are the last of the Bmishi.
It's 500 years since the Bmperor destroyed our tribe...
and drove the remnants of our people to the east.
Some managed to survive here for all these years,
but the blood of our tribe has grown thinner and weaker with each generation.
Now our last prince must cut his hair and leave us, never to return?
Sometimes I think the gods are laughing at us.
Our laws forbid us from watching you go, Ashitaka.
Whatever comes to pass now, you are dead to us forever.
Farewell.
- Ashitaka! - Kaya, what are you doing here? You know it's forbidden.
Do you think I care about that?
I came to give you this so you won't forget your little sister.
Your crystal dagger. Kaya, I can't take this.
Rlease, keep it with you, brother, to protect you.
You must take it with you. Rlease, I want you to have it, so you won't... forget.
Kaya, you know I could never forget you.
[Twitters]
[Ghirping]
[Hoofbeats Galloping]
A battle?
No. A massacre.
Where are you going? Come back here, you coward!
- [Laughs] - They're unarmed! Move in!
[Man] Look! Up there, on the hill!
- It's a warrior! - Good! His head is mine!
- [Shouting] - [Screams]
You! Stop!
[Groans]
- My arm! What's happening to me? - Stop him!
Hurry! Stop him before he gets away!
Let me pass! I'm warning you!
A demon.
[Water Running]
The mark is getting bigger.
- [Chattering] - [Horse Whinnying]
- [Man] Who's that? - [Man #2] I've never seen him.
Are you selling soup or donkey piss?
[Ghild] Mommy! Look!
There he is now.
[Man] I wouldn't get too close to him.
- Will this be enough? - Hey! What are you trying to pull?
This isn't money. Give me back my rice, you little thief.
- Bxcuse me, but might I inspect that? - Go ahead.
Mmm? My God!
But this is a lump of pure gold, you silly woman!
However, if it's money you want, I'll pay for the rice and take this nugget off your hands.
What do ya say?
My good people, is there a money changer who could tell us how much this is worth?
No? All right.
Now, I'm just a monk, but I'd say three bags of rice at least.
That's right, maybe even more. Hey, wait a minute. Where are you going?
Give me my gold!
Hey! You can't just rush off now.
We've only just met.
We have got your rice, and everything's fine.
You're a man of few words. I understand.
Don't you even think of thanking me. It was my pleasure.
In fact, I should be thanking you, really.
You see, I was caught in that battle. I saw what you did to those samurai.
You fight like a demon. Where'd you learn to fight like that?
I see you noticed we're being followed.
That's what we get for waving that gold nugget around.
They'll wait till we're asleep, then slit our throats.
What to you say we give 'em a little demonstration of how fast we can run, huh?
So the demon monster turned out to be a giant boar.
I followed its trail westward through the mountains...
to where the samurai were attacking those villagers.
- But then... - You lost it. That's life.
See this place here?
When I came here last, a few years back, this was a lovely little village.
But then there must have been a flood or a landslide or a fire.
The only sure thing is that everybody's dead.
These days, there are angry ghosts all around us,
dead from wars, sickness, starvation.
And nobody cares.
So you say you're under a curse? So what? So's the whole damn world.
[Blows] Mmm! Ahh!
I was wrong to fight in that village. Two men are dead because of me.
Samurai thugs. You win some, you lose some.
Hand me your bowl. My point is, everybody dies. Some now, some later.
From brothel girl to Bmperor.
I've heard them say that the Bmperor has promised...
an entire hill of gold to anyone who can help him live forever.
Beautiful bowl. I've seen one other like it.
Have you ever heard of the Bmishi people? They're said to ride red elks.
They also use stone arrowheads just like you.
Of course, they were all wiped out 500 years ago.
Don't worry. I won't tell anyone where you're from.
Anyway, I've got much bigger fish to fry.
Have you ever come across anything like this before?
Never have.
It came from the giant boar. It was inside him.
I'm sure it was that little ball of iron that killed him.
[Grunts]
There's a place high in the mountains far to the west of here.
It's where the spirit of the forest dwells, and it's a very dangerous place for humans.
- To enter there is certain death. - The Spirit of the Forest?
I've been told the beasts there are all giants, just as they were in the dawn of time.
See ya there, my friend. Mmm.
[Oxen Mooing]
Hyah! Move! Hyah!
Hyah! Come on! Watch the load!
Rush him! Hyah! Ha!
The sooner we get this rice home, the sooner we eat. Let's move!
Coming this way! Wolves!
[Thunder Rumbling]
Don't let the oxen panic! Stay calm! Take up your positions!
Keep your powder dry.
[Man] Make sure you wait for them to come within range!
- Ready! And fire! - Fire!
- They're getting away! - Fire!
[Gunfire]
- [Woman] Second round! Fire! - Fire!
That was it? They weren't so big.
They're just pups. Wait till you see their mother.
[Mooing]
Where are they?
It's Moro!
[Screaming]
Come on.
[Screaming]
Ha, ha! We killed her!
You forget she is a god. It will take more than that.
[Groaning]
- She certainly did some damage. - We move out now.
What about the men she pushed over the cliff?
They're dead. Let's get the living home.
[Water Running, Birds Twittering]
[Gasps]
He's still breathing.
Hang on.
Huh?
[Gasps]
[Growling]
[Ringing]
My name is Ashitaka!
I have traveled far from lands to the east.
Are you ancient gods, and have I come at last to the realm of the Spirit of the Forest?
Go away.
[Gasps]
[Man Screams]
[Grunting]
[Whimpering]
[Man Whimpering]
A kodama! I never thought I'd see one of them here.
[Whimpering] Oh, no, no, no, no!
Basy there. You don't want to make your injuries worse, do you?
- [Man Grunts] Oh, no! - [Clicking]
He's a tree spirit. He brings good luck.
It's a sign this forest is healthy.
But they'll lead their lord and master right to us.
Who do you mean? You mean those wolves I just saw?
- No, I mean a real monster, like a huge enormous deer, - [Clicking]
Except they say it's got a human face sometimes, and then at night they say it...
[Screams] Where'd it go?
- Look! Reinforcements! We're doomed! - [Clicking]
Oh, no!
If Yakul's not afraid, then we have nothing to worry about here.
Would you be kind enough to grant us passage through your forest, little one?
[Clicking]
Sir, I really think we should turn around now.
I wonder, did I mention that no humans have ever made it through these woods alive?
There's a lovely trail back across the river.
The current's too swift for us to get across,
and your friend's injuries are very bad.
If we don't get him back soon, he doesn't have a chance.
Hey, little fellow, are you showing us the way or just getting us more lost?
[Ranting]
Rlease, sir, I'm really pretty sure they're not trying to help us get home.
Oh, my God! There's thousands of them.
[Grunts]
Look at that. That must be their mother, a fine old tree.
[Whimpers]
[Clicking]
Oh. This place is magical.
The tracks of those wolves and the girl with them.
This place must be where the four of them live.
Sir, I think maybe we took a wrong turn somewhere.
This is a place for gods and demons.
I think we're safe. We'll rest a bit.
More tracks?
Whatever made these made them recently.
[Gasps]
[Squishing Sound]
[Grunting]
Sir! What's going on? Are you all right?
[Grunting]
[Heart Beating]
[Beating Gontinues]
[Beating Fades]
[Grunts, Rants]
Uh, sir, what just happened there?
You went white as a sheet all of a sudden.
- I warned you about this place. - Here.
- Did you see anything just then? - Like what?
Forget it.
Hang on just a little longer. You're almost home.
I failed her.
It's gone,
whatever it was.
[Birds Twittering]
That's strange. Suddenly he doesn't feel heavy at all.
My arm! It doesn't hurt!
It's healed! [Groans] No, it's still broken.
[Birds Twittering]
[Laughing] Sir, you were right. We made it back home just like you said!
[Metal Glanging]
[Mooing]
It's a fortress.
It's Lady Eboshi's Irontown. We make iron here from the ore in the sand.
Hey, there! Hello, it's me!
- Look there! - Hello!
- Someone's come out of the woods. - Is it the Wolf Girl?
Look! It's me! Kohroku, the ox driver!
- It's Kohroku! He's alive! - Kohroku's alive!
- It's true! Kohroku's still alive! - Let's go see!
Quiet! Stop that noise!
I'm trying to tally these accounts here, so shut up!
- Haven't you heard? Kohroku's come back from the dead! - What?
[Chattering]
- There they are! - There he is!
- That's it. - [Nickers]
- This is unbelievable. - Where are the others, Kohroku?
- Yes, is my son with you? - I'm afraid we're the only ones who made it.
[Groans]
It's never the guards that die.
Stand aside.
That man in the weird costume, sir? Who do you think it could be?
He's obviously an outsider.
- Be careful. - Listen to me, everyone!
This stranger saved our lives. He carried the rifeman all the way back here.
You should be grateful to him. Ow! Hey, watch the arm.
- [Whimpering] - Sir.
[Grunts] Hold it right there.
I'm very grateful for you bringing these men back to us, stranger,
but something doesn't smell right.
You got back almost as fast as we did and through the forbidden forest.
On top of that, you did it with two badly injured men,
- and you want me to believe that you... - Kohroku! Kohroku!
- You're alive! - Toki, my love!
- [Gasps] - Huh?
That's just great! How are you gonna drive the ox now all banged up and mangled?
- But, my little flower... - You scared me half to death.
Don't you "little fower" me. I wish the wolves had eaten you.
Then maybe I could have found a real husband!
Sweetness, can we discuss this later?
Toki, save your sweet nothings for some other time.
And as for you, Gonza, a fine captain of the guard you are,
always strutting and throwing your weight around once the danger's over.
You never do a lick of work around here.
That's unfair and untrue.
Thanks, stranger. My husband's an idiot, but I'm glad he's safe and sound.
That's a relief. I was starting to think I'd done something wrong by bringing him back home.
[Laughing]
Say, why don't you take the mask off? I bet you're really handsome.
[Woman] Gonza?
Bring the stranger to me later.
I would like to thank him personally.
- Kohroku. - Uh, yes?
- I'm happy you're back, and I apologize. - Uh, okay.
Uh-oh, milady, you really shouldn't tell him things like that.
If you're too nice to him, he'll walk all over you.
I hope you'll forgive me, too, Toki. I was responsible. I should never have let it happen.
Oh, that's all right. Milady, if you hadn't been there,
the wolves would have eaten everyone, and then we'd all have to find ourselves new husbands.
Get some rest, traveler. I will see you this evening.
Oh, hey! You're not handsome, you're gorgeous!
[Rounding]
[Rounding Gontinues]
- Rull! - [Grunting]
[Chattering]
Here! You know, they had to fight off wolves to get this rice through.
Just dish it out!
- [Chattering] - There he is!
- Where is he? - Over there in the back.
Toki was right. He is handsome.
- Yeah, not bad. - But he's so young!
- That never stopped you before. - [Women Laughing]
Quiet out there! We lost some good men today.
Yeah, there's lots of gorgeous men in here, honey!
I've seen cattle that looked better.
Listen, stranger. Why don't you come over to our place?
You don't want to stay in this stinking old barn.
Look, woman! We risked our lives to bring you the rice...
you're all eating tonight, so watch your mouth.
And who made the iron that paid for that rice, huh? Tell me that.
Yeah, we're pumping those bellows while you pigs are in bed.
Actually, if it's not too much trouble, ladies, I would like to see where you work.
- You would? - We'll have to work in makeup tonight.
Lend me your lipstick.
- Don't be a stranger. - Don't forget now.
We'll be waiting for you.
It's best not to pay them any mind, you know.
Lady Bboshi spoils them rotten. That's why they're like that.
They say that happy women make a happy village.
Happy? Ha! Those kind of women workin' here?
Women like that... It's a disgrace. They defile the iron.
Lady Bboshi goes around buying the contract of every brothel girl she can find.
Milady has a kind heart, that's all.
You got rice on your chin, old man.
It's true. Bverything here has turned upside-down since she showed up.
That's right. She's not even afraid of the gods, that woman.
You should have seen the way she dealt with Nago. Am I right?
- Who's Nago? - "Who's Nago?" The gigantic boar god.
He used to rule this whole forest.
We couldn't even get near the mountains with him around.
Nothing to do but sit around on our backsides for months,
starin' at a bunch of angry boars.
Mm-hmm. See, the iron in the sand under this town had all been dug out.
Then we tried to get at the iron under the mountain, but Nago wasn't gonna stand for that.
The problem was, before we could dig for the iron, we had to clear away the forest,
and that's what made the boar angry.
[Screaming]
[Laughing]
He's feeling no pain.
Then one day Lady Bboshi came along with her warriors and her rifes.
[Shrieking]
Young man, what's wrong?
Is something hurting your arm?
No, I was just thinking about the boar god.
I was thinking how he must have died filled with hate.
[Hammering Gontinues]
Forgive me for keeping you waiting, stranger.
That's good iron.
We were running behind with tomorrow's shipment.
Let's have a rest.
- You may tell the others. - Yes, ma'am.
Some think you're either a spy for the Wolf Girl or for Lord Asano and his samurai.
There are a lot of people out there with their eyes on this iron.
Why are you here, if you don't mind my asking?
I believe you'll recognize this.
It shattered the bones of a giant boar,
rotted his fesh and turned him into a monster.
I fought with him, and for that I was cursed with this mark on my arm,
and soon it will kill me.
Where is it you come from? I've never seen a red elk like that before.
I have come a very long way. I can't tell you more than that.
[Growls] Answer milady's question or I'll cut you in half!
What do you plan to do? What exactly are you here for?
To see with eyes unclouded by hate.
"Byes unclouded"? [Laughing]
That explains it.
Come. I'll show you all my secrets.
- Is that wise, milady? - Gonza, take over for me.
Oh. [Grunts]
[Chattering]
[Grunting]
This is my garden. None of the townspeople dare to come here.
Follow me if you wish to learn my secret.
- [Clucking] - Good evening.
[Ghattering, Laughing]
[Woman] We've only just finished it, milady.
It's still too heavy.
Rerhaps if you didn't hold it so delicately?
Milady, if we make them any lighter, they'll fall apart.
I trust you to figure it out.
They're not for me. They're for the other women here.
[Woman] That'll be something to see.
This is the latest rife that I've asked these people to design.
The ones we brought here have turned out to be too heavy.
These will kill forest monsters and pierce the thickest samurai armor.
You better watch out there, young man. Lady Bboshi wants to rule the world.
I'm sorry to have to push you all so hard.
- I'll have wine sent down later. - Oh, that'll be nice.
First you steal the boar's forest from him and then transform him into a demon.
Now you're making even deadlier weapons!
How much more hatred and pain do you think we need?
Yes, I'm the one who shot the boar, and I'm sorry that you suffer.
I truly am.
That brainless pig. I'm the one he should have put a curse on, not you.
[Grunting]
- No! - [Gasping]
Does that right hand of yours wish to kill me now, Ashitaka?
If it would lift the curse, I'd let it tear you apart,
but even that wouldn't end the killing now, would it?
No, it wouldn't. It would have to kill all of us to be at peace.
Milady, Osa has something to say.
Forgive me, milady.
You must not make light of the boy's strength.
Young man, like you, I know what rage feels like...
and grief and helplessness.
But you must not take your revenge on Lady Bboshi.
She is the only one who saw us as human beings.
We are lepers. The world hates and fears us,
but she took us in and washed our rotting fesh and bandaged us.
- [Coughing] - Osa?
Life is suffering.
It is hard. The world is cursed,
but still, you find reasons to keep living.
I'm sorry. I'm making no sense.
[Wolf Howling]
Oh, they just keep coming back.
Bvery night they're out there planting trees,
trying to turn the mountain into a forest again.
Stay here. Help me kill the Forest Spirit, Ashitaka.
You would do that? Kill the very heart of the forest?
Without that ancient god the animals here would be nothing but dumb beasts once more.
When the forest has been cleared and the wolves wiped out,
this desolate place will be the richest land in the world,
and Rrincess Mononoke will become human.
Rrincess Mononoke?
Rrincess of the spirits of ghouls, beasts and ancient gods.
The wolf stole her soul, and now she lives to kill me.
[Ringing]
The legends say the blood of the Great Forest's Spirit can heal anything.
Rerhaps it could cure my poor lepers.
Might even be able to lift your curse, Ashitaka.
Milady! How does the action feel to you? Better?
Smooth as silk, the perfect thing for ruling the world.
- Ah! - It's still too heavy for the girls.
All right.
- [Metal clanging] - ## [Women Singing]
## [Singing continues]
- [Gasping] - Well, look who's here.
Bvening. All right if I work the bellows for a while?
- Well, I guess so. - [Grunts]
- Bxcuse me. May I try it? - Huh?
It's okay. Might as well let him try.
[Stammering, Laughs]
[Laughing]
When you get tired, I'll take over for you.
Well, that won't be long.
Oops! Better keep that kimono shut tight, girl.
I'm impressed, but you'll never keep that pace up.
- It's hard work, isn't it? - Mm-hmm.
You bet, and our shifts are four days long.
You must lead hard lives here.
Yeah, I suppose. But it sure beats working a brothel in the city, huh?
Here we get to eat as much as we want, and the men don't bother us!
- Unless we want 'em to! - [Laughing]
[Wind Howling]
[Squeaking]
[Growling]
- No! - But you can't leave tomorrow.
- Can't you stay a little longer? - You can stay and work here.
Thank you all, but there's someone I have to find out there in the forest.
[Gasps]
[Murmuring]
- She's here. - Oh!
The wolves are coming. It's the Wolf Rrincess!
[Rounding Gontinues]
[Grunts, Rants]
[Grunting]
[Screaming]
- [Gasps] - [Ranting]
Stop!
Wait! I don't want to fight you. I'm a friend.
Here! She's here!
- She's on the roof! - Hurry! She's after Lady Bboshi!
- Somebody cut her off! - She's headed for the forge!
[Roles Glattering]
Keep stoking those fires! Rifemen to the stockade. We've got her right where we want her.
A weapon for every man! Bveryone defends Irontown!
- Toki, she's on the roof. - [Gasping]
Now, don't get excited. Keep those bellows working.
Whatever happens, we can't let those fires go out.
- Is she alone? - Yes.
She can't escape. We have her cornered.
You know she means to kill you this time.
We'll see about that. Come on.
- [Man] Get a weapon! - [Man #2] Move! Move!
Make room for milady!
Can you hear me, Rrincess of Beasts?
If it's me you want, here I am.
If you seek revenge for all the animals we've killed,
well, there are two women down here whom I'd like you to meet.
They want revenge as well for husbands killed by your wolves.
Come on out, you little witch! My husband's dead because of you!
Huh?
[Man] There she is!
- It's her! - There she is!
[Gonza] Bverybody out of the way!
Rifemen, get ready to fire!
It's a trap. No! Wait!
Rrincess of the wolf gods! Don't go down there! Go back to the forest!
Listen to me, please! Don't throw your life away!
- Shall I stop him? - Leave him be. Let him do what he likes.
[Wolf Howling]
[Grunts]
[Groaning]
[Gasps]
She's down! We got her! [Laughs]
Stay back.
Cut off a wolf s head, and it still has the power to bite.
What?
- Take aim where she falls. - Right.
[Grunting]
Open fire.
[Ringing]
- Yeah! - [Shouting]
No! Stay back!
Oh! What the devil was that?
[Grunts] Wake up.
- [Shouts] - No!
- [Growling] - [Murmuring]
[Gasping]
[Shouting]
[Murmuring]
[Shouts]
- Skin her! - Kill her, milady! Kill her!
[Grunting]
- Are you all right, sir? Can I help you? - I'm fine. Fine.
[Growd Shouting]
- [Grunts] Get away from me! - [Whimpers]
- Begone! - Yes, sir!
Huh?
Traitor! You're a spy for the wolves, aren't you?
Stay back!
Oh! Halt!
Step aside.
[Whimpering]
- [Shouting] - [Man Screams]
[Screams]
[Grunting]
- What do you think you're doing, boy? - Stay your hand.
The girl's life is now mine.
[Growling]
I'm sure she'll make a lovely wife for you.
There's a demon inside of you. It's inside both of you.
[Growls, Gasps]
[Gasping]
Look, everyone! This is what hatred looks like.
This is what it does when it catches hold of you.
It's eating me alive, and very soon now it will kill me!
Fear and anger only make it grow faster.
I'm getting a little bored of this curse of yours, Ashitaka.
Let me just cut the damn thing off!
- [Gasps] - [Crowd Murmurs]
[Grunting, Gasps]
Lady Bboshi!
Someone come here and take her from me.
- [Gasping] - Milady!
Don't worry. She's just stunned. She'll be all right.
[Woman] Lady Eboshi?
As for me, I'm leaving, and I'm taking the Wolf Girl!
Oh, no, you're not! Nobody treats my Lady Bboshi like that!
Move and I fire!
Kiyo, what are you doing?
How can he still be walking?
[Whimpers]
- Is she all right? - Yes, milady's safe, sir.
Someone bring me my gun! Rifemen to the square now, on the double!
They're not getting out of here alive!
Toki, come here.
[Gasps]
What? What's happened?
Sir, I can't let you pass.
The gate's been ordered shut. It can't be opened.
Turn back, please.
We're grateful to you for bringing those men back to us.
- We don't want to hurt you. - Rlease!
I walked in through this gate this morning. Now I'm going to leave the same way.
Don't be a fool. It takes ten men to open this gate.
[Gasps] Stop it! You'll kill yourself.
- [Creaking] - Huh?
[Gasping]
Out of the way! [Gasps]
The wolves are attacking! Flint!
She's all right! Your princess is safe with me!
[Growling]
Stay and I will bring her! Come on, Yakul.
You have my thanks.
Good luck, stranger.
[Gasping]
[Growling]
Stop it!
Leave him! He's mine!
Oof!
His own people shot him. He's dying.
[Groans]
Why did you stop me from killing her? Tell me while you're still alive.
I didn't want them to kill you. That's why.
I'm not afraid to die. I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest.
I knew that from the first moment I saw you.
And I'm not afraid of you! I should kill you for saving her!
[Grunts]
That woman is evil, and there's no one who can stop me from killing her.
No. Live.
That's enough! I'm not listening to you anymore!
You're beautiful.
[Gasps]
What is it, San? Want me to crunch his face off?
- [Gasps] - [Growls]
[San] The ape tribe.
All right! What do you want here?
Apes, how dare you show such disrespect to the wolf clan.
This is our forest.
The human... give him to us.
Give us the human and go.
You go before my fangs find you.
- We will not go. - We will eat the human.
Yes, let us eat the man creature.
Are you crazy? Just what happened to make the ape tribe change this way?
Since when do apes eat the fesh of a man?
If we eat the human, we will steal his strength,
and we will drive the other humans away.
Give us the man creature.
Stop this. You know you can't possess the humans' strength by eating them.
All that'll do is make you into something else,
something even worse than human.
We plant trees. Humans tear them up. The forest does not come back.
If we kill the humans, we will save the forest.
You mustn't give up. We'll find a way. The Forest Spirit is with us.
Go on planting your trees and someday we'll beat them.
The Forest Spirit will not fight. We will all die.
Wolf Girl does not care. She is human.
- [Ringing] - Bnough!
I'll bite your head off, you chattering ape.
[San] Stop! Wait! Gome back!
Leave them alone!
[Footfalls Approaching]
Don't worry about them. It's all right.
You two go on ahead now. I'll stay here and deal with the human.
- What about the elk? - Yes.
Gan we eat him? [Rants]
No, you may not. Go home!
[Growls]
Come over here. Don't worry. I'm a friend.
Don't be shy. I won't hurt you. I need you to help me carry him.
- Rlease? - [Snorts]
[Ghirping]
[Snorts, Lows]
You are very wise. You know better than to set foot on this island, don't you?
Ugh! I smell like a human.
You can go wherever you want to. You're free now.
[Clicking]
[Glicking Gontinues]
[Gasps] Finally.
There he is. Come and see. Hurry.
Quick, you idiots. It's the Nightwalker.
He's the reason we've been sitting around in these stinking animal skins, you know.
But sir, we can't. It's a sin to look at it.
Ha. And you call yourself the greatest hunter in the west.
Look. We've got a letter of pardon from the Bmperor,
forgiving us for cutting off the head of the Great Forest Spirit.
[Glicking]
The legends tell us that when day becomes night,
the Forest Spirit turns into the Nightwalker,
and at sunrise, it changes back.
Look! See there? It's happening.
[Glicking Gontinues]
- Take a look, Masterjigo. - What is it?
- Over there. - Hmph.
[Birds Twittering]
Look. There must be hundreds of them.
Those boars are not from this region.
They must have been traveling for months to get all the way up here.
- That one's Okkoto! - Can't be.
They say he died 100 years ago.
It's him, all right. I know those old tusks.
And it looks like he brought along his whole tribe.
[Whimpers] He's seen us! Let's get out of here!
[Squeals]
[Squealing]
Come on, you cowards! Move! Quickly!
[Birds Twittering]
[Groans]
[Gasps] The bullet wound's gone.
[Grunts]
Yakul.
[Lows]
The mark's still there.
Finally you're awake.
You really should thank Yakul. He hasn't left your side this whole time.
[Grunts] How'd you know his name's Yakul?
He told me, and he told me about you...
about your village, your people and your forest.
The Forest Spirit brought you back to life again. He wants you to live.
I had the strangest dream.
- There was a golden creature. - Bat this.
[Coughs]
Chew.
[Coughs]
[Grunts]
[Rustling]
[Rumbling]
[Squealing]
We are here to kill the humans and save the forest.
Why are there humans here, Moro?
Humans are everywhere these days.
Go back to your own mountain. Kill them there.
The girl is San, my daughter.
We will kill them here. We will save this forest.
What is that other human doing here?
He was shot, and then the Great Spirit healed his wound.
This man is not our enemy!
The Forest Spirit saved him?
Saved the life of that loathsome runt?
Why didn't he save Nago?
Is he not the guardian of the forest? Why?
The Forest Spirit gives life and takes life away.
Life and death are his alone, or have you boars forgotten that?
You lie! You must have begged the Forest Spirit to spare his life!
But you did not beg for Nago, did you?
[Moro] Nago was afraid to die.
Now I, too, carry within my breast a poisoned human bullet.
Nago fed, and the darkness took him.
I remain and contemplate my death.
Mother! Rlease ask the Forest Spirit to save you.
I have lived long enough, San.
Soon the Forest Spirit will let me rest forever.
All these years you defended the Forest Spirit! He must save you!
You are not fooling us. Nago was beautiful and strong.
He would not have run from anything. You wolves must have eaten him!
Quiet! Watch what you say, you filthy pig!
[Ashitaka] Gods of the mountain, please listen to me.
Nago died far from here, and I was the one who killed him.
He had become some kind of demon.