“Princess Mononoke” quotes
(1997)
Hayao Miyazaki
directed this cartoon
in 1997
Title Princess Mononoke
Original title Mononoke-hime
Year 1997
Director Hayao Miyazaki
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Original title Mononoke-hime
Year 1997
Director Hayao Miyazaki
Genre Adventure, Fantasy, Animation
Plot – Japan's forests are plundered by Tatara, the blacksmiths' clan. The Great God of the Forest allows the other gods to change themselves into huge beasts to protect their kingdom against humans. In a remote mountain village called Ashitaka, the last warrior of Emishi clan kills a beast to protect his village, then he discovers the creature was actually a protector of the forest. Now Ashitaka is under a curse, so he travels towards the Tataras to foil the oath. Along the way he meets Lady Eboshi, a Tatara guide, then he meets Princess Mononoke, a young woman raised by wolves ready to die to defeat humans. Ashitaka is involved in the struggle between men and nature and seeks a way to end that violence. In the end Mononoke comes back to his forest.
All actors – Billy Crudup, Billy Bob Thornton, Minnie Driver, John DiMaggio, Claire Danes, John DeMita, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gillian Anderson, Keith David, Corey Burton, Tara Strong, Sherry Lynn, Matt K. Miller, Marnie Mosiman, Julia Fletcher, Tress MacNeille, Debi Derryberry, Matt McKenzie, Michael McShane, Alex Fernandez, Adam Paul, Jack Fletcher, David Rasner, Pat Fraley, Dwight Schultz, John Hostetter, Pamela Adlon, John Rafter Lee, K.T. Vogt, Lewis Arquette, Jennifer Cihi, Takako Fuji, Yuriko Ishida, Leslie Ishii, Tsunehiko Kamijô, Kaoru Kobayashi, Yoshimasa Kondô, Yôji Matsuda, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, Akihiro Miwa, Mitsuko Mori, Hisaya Morishige, Akira Nagoya, Masahiko Nishimura, Kimihiro Reizei, Mitsuru Satô, Sumi Shimamoto, Yûko Tanaka, Tetsu Watanabe, Jessica Lynn
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“- San: Ashitaka, you mean so much to me, but I can't forgive the humans for what they've done.
- Ashitaka: I understand. You'll live in the forest, and I'll help rebuild Irontown.”“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 it will kill me! Fear and anger only make it grow faster!”
“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.”
“My poor, ugly, beautiful daughter is neither wolf, nor human. She lives with the forest, and so too will die with the forest.”
“I'm not afraid to die. I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest!”
“The Forest Spirit gives life and takes life away. Life and death are his alone.”
“- San: Moro, please ask the Forest Spirit to save you!
- Moro: I have lived long enough, San. Soon, the Great Forest Spirit will let me rest forever.”“They say that happy women make a happy village.”
“- Lady Eboshi: Once the forest has been cleared and the wolves wiped out, this desolate place will become the richest land in the world, and Princess Mononoke will become human.
- Ashitaka: Princess Mononoke?
- Lady Eboshi: Princess of the spirits of ghouls, beasts, and ancient gods. The wolf stole her soul, and now she lives to kill me.”“- Boar in Okkoto's Tribe: 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 fled, and the darkness took him. I remain, and contemplate my death.”“Now watch closely, everyone. I'm going to show you how to kill a god. A god of life and death. The trick is not to fear him.”
“No! I don't wanna become a demon! Please stop, Okkoto!”
“What I want is for the humans and the forest to live in peace!”
“- San: Even if all the trees grow back, it won't be his forest anymore. The Forest Spirit is dead.
- Ashitaka: Never. He is life itself. He isn't dead, San. He is here with us now, telling us, it's time for both of us to live.”“Ashitaka, can you save the girl you love?”
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