Princess Mononoke
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
for those were the days
of gods and demons.
Yakul! Come on, boy.
- 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.
All right.
Be careful!
Huh?
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?
Run, Yakul! Run!
It's headed for the village.
I've got to stop it.
Prince Ashitaka, wait!
Be careful!
That thing is cursed!
Don't let it touch you!
Here, Yakul!
Calm your fury, o mighty lord!
Whatever you may be, god or demon,
please leave us in peace!
- The monster!
- Come on!
Go back! Please!
Leave our village alone!
Stop! Please! Stop!
Get up!
- Run!
- Come on! Hurry!
- He killed it!
- Ashitaka!
- Fetch the wise woman!
- Don't put the fire out yet.
Ashitaka!
Are you all right?
- Kaya, don't touch it. This wound is evil.
- The prince has been hurt.
- Where is the wise woman?
- Here she comes!
You must keep away from him, all of you.
Everyone, stay back.
- What shall we do?
- Take this and pour it over his wound, child, slowly.
All right.
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.
Pass 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.
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 flesh...
and turned him
into a demon monster.
- Prince Ashitaka?
- Yes?
Show everyone
your right arm.
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 fly.
Mmm.
The infection will spread throughout
your whole body, bone and flesh alike.
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.
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, Prince 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 Emishi.
It's 500 years since the Emperor
destroyed our tribe...
and drove the remnants
of our people to the east.
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.
Please, keep it with you,
brother, to protect you.
You must take it with you. Please, I want
you to have it, so you won't... forget.
Kaya, you know I could
never forget you.
A battle?
No. A massacre.
Where are you going?
Come back here, you coward!
They're unarmed! Move in!
Look! Up there, on the hill!
- It's a warrior!
- Good! His head is mine!
You! Stop!
- 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.
The mark is
getting bigger.
- Who's that?
- I've never seen him.
Are you selling soup
or donkey piss?
Mommy! Look!
There he is now.
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.
- Excuse 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?
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
dead from wars,
sickness, starvation.
And nobody cares.
So you say you're under a curse?
So what? So's the whole damn world.
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 Emperor.
I've heard them say that the Emperor
has promised...
an entire hill of gold to anyone
who can help him live forever.
Beautiful bowl.
I've seen one other like it.
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