Princess Mononoke (1997)

Share this quote on facebook "To see with eyes unclouded by hate."

Share this quote on facebook "Sure Bud."

Share this quote on facebook "Go away!"

Share this quote on facebook "I hate him! I hate all humans!"

Share this quote on facebook "His own people shot him; he's dying."

Share this quote on facebook [furiously] "Quiet! Watch what you say, you filthy pig!"

Share this quote on facebook [annoyed, referring to Lady Eboshi] "Ugh, it's that damn woman again."

Share this quote on facebook Lord Okkoto, you must stop! They aren't your warriors, don't you understand? It's a trap!

Share this quote on facebook "No! I don't wanna become a demon!"

Share this quote on facebook "Ashitaka, you mean so much to me, but I can't forgive the humans for what they've done."

Share this quote on facebook "I'm not afraid to die, and I'd do anything to get humans out of my forest"

Share this quote on facebook "This is my garden. None of the townspeople dare to come here."

Share this quote on facebook "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."

Share this quote on facebook "Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite."

Share this quote on facebook "The sooner we get this rice home, the sooner we'll eat! Let's move!"

Share this quote on facebook "YOU WILL DIE!"

Share this quote on facebook "I was hoping you'd cry out in your sleep. Then I would have bitten your head off to silence you."

Share this quote on facebook "I caught her human parents defiling my forest. They threw their baby at my feet as they ran away. Instead of eating her, I raised her as my own."

Share this quote on facebook "Typical. Selfish. You think like a human."

Share this quote on facebook "Silence, boy! How dare you speak to a god like that!"

Share this quote on facebook [to the boars] "You cannot win against the humans. Their guns will destroy you all."

Share this quote on facebook "You'd risk everything on one last battle. That's just what the humans want."

Share this quote on facebook [about the Okkoto/Okkotonushi] "Don't touch him. He's no longer a god."

Share this quote on facebook "I was saving my energy to bite off that damn woman's head...but I must save San."

Share this quote on facebook "Now my poor, ugly, beautiful daughter is neither wolf, nor human. She lives with the forest, and so too will die with the forest.

Share this quote on facebook "Give me back my daughter, demon!"

Share this quote on facebook "The trees cry out as they die, but you cannot hear them. I lie here. I listen to the pain of the forest and feel the ache of the bullet in my chest, and I dream of the day I will finally crunch that gun-woman's head in my jaws."

Share this quote on facebook [to the boars] "Humans are everywhere these days. Go back to your mountain. Kill them there."

Share this quote on facebook [last words] "Ashitaka...can you save the girl you love?"

Share this quote on facebook "When you're going to kill a god, let someone else do your dirty work."

Share this quote on facebook "So you say you're under a curse? Well so what. So's the whole damn world."

Share this quote on facebook "Well, I give up. You just can't win against fools."

Share this quote on facebook "Relax, kid, I have bigger fish to fry. Your secret's safe with me."

Share this quote on facebook "This soup tastes like donkey piss!"

Share this quote on facebook "Are you selling soup or donkey piss?"

Share this quote on facebook "Kid, listen, everybody wants to have everything in life, and now I might actually get it!"

Share this quote on facebook Wise Woman of the Emishi: "You cannot alter your fate, my prince. However, you can rise to meet it if you choose."

Share this quote on facebook Kohroku: "Huh... I never knew the forest god made the flowers grow."

Share this quote on facebook Kohroku: "My arm, it doesn't hurt. IT'S HEALED!!! [stretches his arm and it cracks] Argh, no, it's still broken."

Share this quote on facebook Toki: You scared me half to death! Don't you 'little flower' me!

Share this quote on facebook Town's woman: You want some of our iron? Here you go! [shoots at the ground near horseman]

Share this quote on facebook Leper: [A piece of the wooden wall is removed. A cannon and a head is seen. It fires at a boat, knocking a man off and almost upsetting the boat.] "Ha ha. I missed. They're bringing boats across the river!"

Share this quote on facebook Kaiya: [giving Ashitaka her crystal dagger] No, I want you to keep it, so you won't forget your little sister.

Share this quote on facebook Moro's Cub 1: [To a member of the Ape Tribe, who want he, his brother, and San to leave Ashitaka for them to eat] You go, before my fangs find you!

Share this quote on facebook Moro's Cub 1: [To Ashitaka] You're too slow! Get on!

Share this quote on facebook Lady Eboshi: What do you plan to do? What exactly are you here for?
Ashitaka: To see with eyes unclouded by hate.
Lady Eboshi: 'Eyes unclouded'? [laughs girlishly] That explains it. Come. I'll show you all my secrets.

Share this quote on facebook Lady Eboshi: What do you think you're doing, boy?
Prince Ashitaka: Stay your hand. The girl's life is now mine.

Share this quote on facebook Lady Eboshi: [mockingly] I'm sure she'll make a lovely wife for you.
Ashitaka: There's a demon inside of you. It's inside both of you.

Share this quote on facebook Ashitaka: 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!
Lady Eboshi: [annoyed] I'm getting a little bored of this curse of yours, Ashitaka. Let me just cut the damn thing OFF!

Share this quote on facebook Gate Guard: Sir, I can't let you pass. The gate's been ordered shut. It can't be opened.

Share this quote on facebook Rifle Guard 1: Turn back, please.
Rifle Guard 2: We're grateful to you for bringing those men back to us. We don't want to hurt you.
Rifle Guard 1: Please!
Ashitaka: I walked in through this gate this morning. Now I'm going to leave the same way.

Share this quote on facebook Rifle Guard 1: Don't be a fool. It takes ten men to open this gate.

Share this quote on facebook San: Why did you stop me from killing her? Tell me, while you are still alive.
Ashitaka: [faintly] I did not want them to kill you. That's why.
San: I'm not afraid to die. I'd do anything to get you humans out of my forest.
Ashitaka: [weakly] I knew that, from the first moment I saw you.
San: And I'm not afraid of you! I should kill you for saving her!
[She takes Ashitaka's sword and puts the tip of the blade inches from his throat]
San: That woman is evil, and there's no one who can stop me from killing her!
Ashitaka: [pleading] No. Live.
San: That's enough! I'm not listening to you anymore! [She touches the tip of the sword to Ashitaka's throat]
Ashitaka: [on the verge of passing out] You're.... beautiful.
[San steps back, startled by what he has just said]
Wolf: What is it, San? Want me to crunch his face off?

Share this quote on facebook San: "Why chop the trees down?"
Moro: "To make them angry, which makes them stupid."
San: "Mother, I have to go. Lord Okoto is blind; I must be his eyes. Do you understand?"
Moro: "Do as you must. You know, that boy wanted to share his life with you."
San: "I hate him! [buries her face into Moro's fur] I hate all humans!"

Share this quote on facebook Gonza: But that should have killed it!
Lady Eboshi: He's a god, you fool. It'll take more than one shot.

Share this quote on facebook Gonza: Ha ha! We killed her!
Lady Eboshi: You forget she is a god. It will take more than that.
Gonza: She certainly did some damage.
Lady Eboshi: We'll move out now.
Gonza: But what about the men she pushed over the cliff?
Lady Eboshi: They're dead. Let's get the living home.

Share this quote on facebook Toki: And you, Gonza, always struttin' around and throwing your weight about AFTER the danger's over! You never do a lick of work around here!
Gonza: [resentfully] That's unfair and untrue!

Share this quote on facebook Gonza: Don't worry about her ladyship. I will be protecting her.
Townswoman: [muttering] That's what we're worried about.
Gonza: What?!
Toki: Even if you were a woman, you'd still be an idiot, so there! [blows a raspberry and joins the other ladies' laughter]

Share this quote on facebook Leper: My Lady, Gosa has something to say.
Gosa: Forgive me, my Lady, but 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 Eboshi. She's the only one who saw us as human beings. We are lepers. The world hates and fears us, but she, she took us in, and washed our rotting flesh and bandaged us. [coughing]
Leper: Gosa...
Gosa: Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed but still you find reasons to keep living. [coughing] I'm sorry... I'm making no sense.

Share this quote on facebook 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.

Share this quote on facebook Ashitaka is not a cheerful, worry-free boy. He is a melancholy boy who has a fate. I feel that I am that way myself, but until now, I have not made a film with such a character. Ashitaka was cursed for a very absurd reason. Sure, Ashitaka did something he should not have done - killing Tatari Gami. But there was enough reason to do so from the humans' viewpoint. Nevertheless, he received a deadly curse. I think that is similar to the lives of people today. I think this is a very absurd thing that is part of life itself.

Share this quote on facebook It's not that I wanted to make it modern. It's just that depicting Tatara Ba under the rule of men would be boring. And if I made the boss of Tatara Ba a man, he would be a manager, not a revolutionary. If it's a woman, she becomes a revolutionary, even if she is doing the same thing.

Share this quote on facebook So I didn't make them women who have to be protected by men, or women in their families. I intentionally cut them off (from such things). I think that actually there were children at Tatara Ba, but it would make things complicated if I put children there, so I didn't. Eventually, many children will be born there, but I wanted to portray Tatara Ba as not yet in such a stage.
And not all the Tatara men are good guys. I wanted to make crowds that included disagreeable guys. "This is a disagreeable guy, so let's kill him" - I didn't make the end (to the story) like that.

Share this quote on facebook In this film, Shishi Gami is not a gentle creature who gives blessings. I depicted it as a low-ranked god. There are legends of giants, such as Didarabocchi or Daidarabou, but we don't know why they exist. So, I just decided, "it's nature's night, given form," and then, I was able to convince myself (laughs). I just thought, the creature is gathering and giving out lives during the night. So that's why I gave it different shapes during the day and the night. I just dreamed up that it is such a creature (laughs). So, it wanders from forest to forest during the night.