The Tale Of Iya

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The Tale of Iya

A man in the heart of the mountains

RINA TAKEDA:

MIN TANAKA:

You're back.

SHIMA ONISHI:

I'm off.

Cinematographer

YUTAKA AOKI:

Sound

SHINTARO KAMIJO:

Writer/Production Manager

MASAYUKI UEDA:

Unit Director

TOMOHIKO TAKENO:

Assistant Director

KENJI FUKUSHIMA:

Music

KEITA KAWABATA:

Director

TETSUICHIRO TSUTA

Good morning, Granny.

Good morning.

Granny, do you know the name

of this flower?

No I'm afraid not.

Really It's very pretty though.

It sure is.

More than that, Haruna.

Seems like you're a little late today.

You're right. I'm off then.

Be careful.

Good morning.

To prey upon is an instinct

Most important here is the nervous

system. Using this to the fullest

they catch what's necessary for survival.

Same goes for the Indian kingfisher.

All animals on the planet have

similar instincts

in order to coexist with

the environment.

And of course, humans also

react to different environments

depending on the area

Oops.

That was gramps Shimizu.

His son Hiroshi works in Tokyo.

Ya know him?

Huh?

Hiroshi.

No

Oh well.

But really, be careful in the mountains.

A college kid from Osaka fell in the

falls and died the other day.

Oh

Everyone says he was bewitched by a fox.

What?

Still got them things 'round here.

I swear, be careful or you'll be a goner.

Hey boss.

Hey Tamura. Hot ain't it?

Sure is. How's it comin'?

No good today.

What happened?

Those foreigners came and

posted these this morning.

Do something about it.

Well I'll be tough on them

next time.

I'm counting on you.

Who's that?

Mr. Kudo. He's from Tokyo.

Hello.

President of Nakaishi Constructions.

From Tokyo, eh? Welcome.

How long you staying?

Um

haven't really decided.

Say, wanna come shooting

with us next time?

Boss, people from Tokyo

don't do that kind of stuff.

That so

Shooting?

Wild animals.

They've been damaging property,

so we're asked to get rid of them.

Boss is a sharpshooter, you know.

How was Sunday?

Guess what. I shot three deer.

And

we also spotted a monkey.

All of us got ready to shoot it, but

those guys are quick.

Can't help that.

Well, I'll be going then.

Tell me whenever you want

some deer meat.

You also let me know

if you need anything.

Thank you.

Another dropout from the city.

Shut your young mouth.

The Michael House

Is Michael around?

Thanks.

Hey!

Come on.

Good work.

Keep it up.

Hi Michael.

How's it going?

Not bad.

Wow, a good-sized watermelon this is.

It's been a good harvest.

What happened with the

tunnel construction?

Well it might not be so easy.

No giving up on this, Mr. Tamura.

You're right.

I'll see what I can do.

This is Mr. Kudo who called earlier.

He'll be staying a while.

I'm Michael.

Nice to meet you.

My name is Kudo. Pleased to meet you.

These vegetables are from our garden.

Please try them out.

Thank you.

What brings all these people here?

There're many reasons.

Some read about my activities

on the Internet and gathered

while others just ended up here

like you.

May I ask why you came to Iya?

Did you dropout?

Well

something like that.

I see.

But nowadays, that too is a splendid

form of contribution to society.

To not be part of the vicious spiral.

By dropping out for the time being

is one option.

I believe that

those who gathered here

are also fighting the vicious spiral

of their home land

by coming here and tending the garden

and growing crops.

Stop the construction!

No more construction!

Stop construction!

Sugeoi Elementary shuts down

its 127 year history

Sorry, this is all we can give you.

Business is not good.

Haruna!

Haruna!

Haruna

There you are. Here again.

Let's go home.

Kotomi!

Kotomi!

Kotomi. Quit singing.

Help me serve tea.

Hello Haruna. Welcome.

Hello.

I'm sorry I can't treat you much.

Today's really busy.

Make yourself at home.

Why do they have to hold a meeting

during this busy season.

I don't mean to deny

your people's line of work.

My family's been digging tunnels

for three generations!

You want me to starve?

He's right!

You're misunderstanding.

What I want to say is,

you can't go about doing anything

just for your own sake of convenience,

without considering the consequences.

In actuality,

extreme forestation in the past

has got Iya's mountains dying.

And because of that

animals are attacking the fields.

Is that not right?

What we really need to do now

is to decide whether this construction

is truly necessary.

The question is

who's going to make that decision.

Us natives living here?

Or you people who came from the outside.

Are we gonna ask the monkeys?

Michael, why don't you relax.

Everyone sit.

Come on, take a seat.

Hi Akira.

Haruna, you were here too?

What're you doing?

That in there.

You going home now?

Yep.

What about you?

I think I'm done here.

Can you take me somewhere by car then?

Like where?

The mall!

That's far.

Well, OK.

Yes!

Let's go Haruna.

I have to go home.

Come on.

But

I need to prepare supper for Grandpa.

That so.

- Hurry up.

- OK, OK.

You sure you don't wanna come?

You know what?

Someone's gonna be giving me a scooter.

You can have it.

That should help you a little

getting to school.

See you tomorrow, Haruna.

See you.

Hi Granny.

You're back.

Come here, Haruna.

Here's some soba rice.

Take some with you.

Thank you always.

Your Grandpa just passed by

a while ago too.

Really?

I'll be going then.

Grandpa!

I'm back.

Granny gave us some soba rice.

Akira said he'll give me a motorcycle.

Then I could carry the rice up for you.

Thank you.

This is all we have but

I appreciate it.

Here, Grandpa.

How is it? Pretty good?

Let's eat.

I'll walk you down tomorrow morning.

Thank you for the food.

Grandpa, I'm going to rinse your back.

Push harder!

Don't stop. Come on, push!

There's one! Stop the car.

Got it.

Will you be alright?

Thank you so much for helping out

the whole day.

My pleasure. I'm the one to thank you

for your kindness.

This place used to be farmland also.

But nobody's been able to take care

of it, so now it's become fallow.

Akira.

I was just heading up to

drop you some deer meat.

Look. This is the scooter

I was talking about.

Hi.

You from the other day.

What're you doing?

Nothing just helping Haruna.

Helping Haruna?

This is the front brake and rear brake.

Blinkers here, and

Give it a go.

Go gradually. Come on, once more.

Try and give it some speed!

So what were you doing with Haruna?

Like I said nothing, really.

I'm amazed anyone's living

in those mountains.

Especially a young girl like her.

Yep. Well she's the

"Princess MONONOKE" of Iya.

I heard Grandpa saved her

from the snowy mountains.

Then she's

Not related.

Does she know that?

Don't worry. She knows.

Anyway, how long you plan to be here?

When you gonna leave?

I'll be here for a while I think.

For what?

I'm planning

to start a farm or something.

I'll be honest with you.

I don't like guys like you.

Looking down on us country people.

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