Meanwhile, Ashitaka has recovered from his wounds and fallen in love with San. Eboshi, however, correctly suspects that the emperor's agents are also instruted to take control of Irontown at any opportune moment. In return, the emperor has promised to give Irontown legal protection against the many others coveting the town's prosperity. He plans to give the head to the emperor. Jigo, now revealed to be a mercenary-hunter, has arrived to aid in the endeavor. The head of the Forest Spirit is believed to grant immortality. Eboshi prepares for the assault as well as for their campaign to destroy the Forest Spirit. San learns that the boars, under the leadership of the boar god Okkoto, are planning an attack on Irontown. San takes Ashitaka to the Forest Spirit who heals his wounds but does not remove the curse. Using the power of his cursed arm, Ashitaka manages to open the gate and leave the town, but soon collapses. However, he is severely wounded when he is shot through the chest. Ashitaka intervenes to stop them from fighting and takes San back to the forest. At that moment, San sneaks into Irontown and attacks Eboshi.
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She also employs former prostitutes in her famous ironworks in order to free them from brothels. He is persuaded not to by lepers whom Eboshi has taken under her care and employed as gunmakers. On hearing this, Ashitaka is filled with rage and must hold his right arm back from killing Eboshi. The leader of Irontown, Lady Eboshi, tells Ashitaka that the giant boar which cursed him used to be a forest god called Nago and that Eboshi herself had shot the boar, driving it to madness. Also in the forest is the Forest Spirit (Shishigami in the original Japanese), described as a "god of life and death", who takes the form of a deer-like kirin during the day and a large shadowy "night-walker" (Daidarabocchi) at night.įor rescuing the villagers, Ashitaka is given a warm welcome at Irontown. He returns the villagers to their home of Irontown, along the way passing tiny tree sprites called kodama. While rescuing them, he sees San caring for Moro's wounds, but she quickly disappears. The day following the battle, Ashitaka comes upon two of the injured villagers near a river. During the skirmish, Moro and several villagers are injured. Riding on the back of one of the smaller giant wolves is San, a human girl who was adopted by the wolves.
In one such battle, the giant wolf god Moro leads two other giant wolves to attack a caravan of villagers moving rice. That evening, the monk tells Ashitaka that the god of the forest in the mountains of the west may be able to help him with his curse.Ī nearby town in the mountains of the west, called Irontown, is in constant battle with giant beasts trying to protect the forest the people need in order to smelt ironsand.
In a nearby town, Ashitaka meets Jigo, a roving monk. As he begins to fire arrows at them, Ashitaka's cursed arm begins to ripple and warp as it begins to grant him supernatural power, giving his arrows the force to remove the limbs and even heads of his opponents.
Get involved, some of the men attack him, forcing the prince to defend himself. Ashitaka cuts his hair, a ritual signifying his permanent departure from the village.Īshitaka passes by a village being attacked by samurai. Ashitaka resolves to travel to the lands to the West where the boar came from and try to find a cure for his curse. The village wise woman tells the prince that it is a cursed wound that will eventually spread to the rest of his body, killing him. Though the demon is killed, Ashitaka is wounded on his arm. Ashitaka, their young prince, fights to protect the village on his red elk, Yakul. The film opens as Nago, a giant boar demon, attacks a secluded village of the believed-extinct Emishi tribe.