“I'm getting a litte bored of this curse of yours Ashitaka just let me cut the damn thing off.”
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When an Emishi village is attacked by a fierce demon boar, the young prince Ashitaka puts his life at stake to defend his tribe. With its dying breath, the beast curses the prince's arm, granting him demonic powers while gradually siphoning his life away. Instructed by the village elders to travel westward for a cure, Ashitaka arrives at Tatara, the Iron Town, where he finds himself embroiled in a...
“I'm getting a litte bored of this curse of yours Ashitaka just let me cut the damn thing off.”
Discover the most memorable and iconic quotes from Princess Mononoke, a action, adventure, award winning anime by Studio Ghibli. Browse 17 curated quotes from 4 characters.
Princess Mononoke follows When an Emishi village is attacked by a fierce demon boar, the young prince Ashitaka puts his life at stake to defend his tribe. With its dying breath, the beast curses the prince's arm, granting him demonic powers while gradually siphoning his life away.
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“Ashitaka... can you save the girl you love?”
“Ah, you're awake. I was hoping you'd cry out in your sleep, then I would have bitten your head off to silence you.”
“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.”
“You see everyone wants everything, that's the way the world is. But I just might actually get it.”
“Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still you find reasons to keep living.”
“When you're going to kill a god, let someone else do your dirty work.”
“*when Lady Eboshi asks him what he's here for* To see with eyes unclouded by hate.”
“Well, they say that happy women make a happy village.”
“Cut off a wolf's head and it still has the power to bite.”
“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.”
“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 dream of the day when I will finally crunch that gun woman's head in my jaws... She is my daughter. One of the wolf tribe. When the forest dies, so does she. 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. Now my poor, ugly, beautiful daughter is neither human nor wolf.”
“*referring to his curse* 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!”
“That curse will spread throughout your whole body, bone and flesh alike and finally kill you. Now leave this place at sunrise. Return and *I* shall kill you.”