He travels to the forest, encountering two wounded men, hurt in a conflict with a wolf god. The information is enough to convince Ashitaka that his path lies to the west. The priest tells Ashitaka of a great forest to the west, where live god-beasts and a being that has the power of healing. On the way, he encounters samurai, and soon after a self-described priest named Jika. It is hoped that he will also find a cure for his fatal curse. It will be up to Ashitaka to investigate this ball of iron by traveling west.
It seems that it was the iron that drove the boar mad and transformed it into a demon. Oracle finds an object in the body of the dead god, a ball of iron. A wizened woman from the village named Oracle comes out to say farewell to the god and to wish it well, but the god responds with a message of loathing. Ashitaka manages to kill the demon, but at the same time he makes contact with it, and that touch means that his arm is now cursed (and painful and throbbing). This creature is actually a forest god who has become a demon. Ashitaka is out in the fields one day when he is attacked by a worm/boar monster.
In Princess Mononoke, Prince Ashitaka is the future leader of his people, in a time when the old gods are retreating further away from humanity. It received a lackluster DVD release way back in 2000, and now it has taken until 2014 before finally getting its Blu-ray release. However, when it was finally released theatrically, it got dumped into just 129 theatres, largely art houses, and got little promotion on its way to making just over 2 million dollars in its American engagement. (James Cameron’s Titanic bested it a few months later.) Disney’s Miramax division thought highly enough of its commercial potential in the United States to hire famed fantasy novelist and comic book writer Neil Gaiman to do the English language translation, then well-known American actors were hired to provide voices for the US dub. Princess Mononoke was, at one point at least, the highest grossing film in Japanese history. As the movie builds to its climax, a large assortment of natural forces comes into conflict with each other and the humans, in a battle that will decide the fate of the forest. He meets a variety of people on his journey, including a mysterious princess of the forest. Studio Ghibli (1997), Walt Disney Home Entertainment (November 18, 2014), 1 Blu-ray + 1 DVD, 134 mins plus supplements, 16:9 ratio, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Rated PG-13, Retail: $36.99Ī prince investigates the appearance of a forest god that has become a demon after being poisoned by a strange ball of iron.
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