![]() ![]() ![]() Ashitaka heads east upon his red deer Yaku and encounters a bitter war between the humans led by Lady Eboshi and the gods of the forest. His only hope is to travel to the East in search of the Deer god, in hopes that he will heal his wound and return to him his life. ![]() In counsel with the clan's leaders, it is decided that the wounds sustained in battle will prove to be fatal to Ashitaka. Desperately attempting to save his village, Ashitaka, confronts the demon and single-handedly kills the beast suffering only what appears to be a burn sustained in the battle with the Boar god/demon Nagon. It is there that he sees the "demon" that is raging through the forest, killing everything it touches. After sending them onto the village, he climbs the tower to speak with the elder. Ashitaka, a young warrior of a feudal Japanese clan is alerted to the concerns of a tribal elder by a group of children. Man's intrusion has turned the sacred into the profane and that is where the story of Princess Mononoke truly begins. Just as there is an oligarchic hierarchy in the domain of man, there are gods that dwell in the forest, gods, not at all happy with man's contempt for the life giving forests they call home. Choosing to strip-mine and deforest thousands of acres of land, man has set wheels in motion that benefit him but place the lives of all those that dwell in the forest in jeopardy.
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