He also said that Eboshi does not acknowledge the Emperor's authority in Irontown, a revolutionary view for the time, and displays an atypical attitude for a woman of that era in that she wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice herself or those around her for her dreams. Miyazaki said that Eboshi has a strong and secure personality, evident in the fact that she let Ashitaka move freely through the settlement unescorted, despite his unclear motives. Miyazaki stated that Eboshi was supposed to have a traumatic past, although it is not specifically mentioned in the film. 御å Eboshi Gozen), the ruler of Irontown who continually clears the forest.YÅ«ko Tanaka provides the voice of Lady Eboshi ( ã¨ãã.Ishida also voices Kaya ( ã«ã¤), the bride-elect of Ashitaka Tara Strong provides her voice in the English version.In the English version, San is voiced by Claire Danes. Yuriko Ishida voices San ( ãµã³), a young woman who was raised by the wolves and feels hatred for humans, but eventually comes to care for Ashitaka.Heâs really just a young, earnest man whoâs trying to lead a valuable life and protect his village.' Ashitaka's English voice actor Billy Crudup stated that he liked Ashitaka as 'an unexpected hero. Miyazaki did not want Ashitaka to be a typical hero, saying that he is a 'melancholic boy who has a fate' and also stated that Ashitaka's curse 'is similar to the lives of people '. Akashishi), more similar to a red Lechwe than an elk.ã¿ã«), the last prince of the Emishi tribe whose traveling companion is Yakul ( ã¤ãã¯ã« Yakkuru), a red elk ( ã¢ã«ã.The forest begins to regrow, and a kodama emerges from the undergrowth. Eboshi reunites with the townspeople and vows to build a better town. Ashitaka stays to help rebuild Irontown, but promises San he will visit her in the forest. The Spirit dies as the sun rises, but its form washes over the land and heals it, and Ashitaka's curse is lifted. Eboshi also explains that San was raised by the wolves as one of their own and resents humankind.Īfter the samurai flee and Irontown is evacuated, Ashitaka and San pursue Jigo and retrieve the head, returning it to the Forest Spirit. Irontown is a refuge for social outcasts, including lepers employed to manufacture firearms it was one of these guns that had wounded Nago. In Irontown, Ashitaka learns that Eboshi built the town by clearcutting forests to claim ironsand and produce iron, leading to conflicts with the forest gods and Asano, a local daimyÅ. Ashitaka discovers two injured Irontown men and carries them through the forest, where he encounters many kodama and glimpses the Forest Spirit. Riding one of the wolves is San, a human girl. Nearby, men herd oxen to Irontown ('Tataraba' in Japanese), led by Lady Eboshi, and repel an attack by a wolf pack led by the wolf goddess Moro. Horrified, he attempts to create peace and befriend the Wolf Clan.Heading west, Ashitaka meets Jigo ('Jiko-bÅ' in the original Japanese version), an opportunist Buddhist monk, who tells Ashitaka he may find help from the Great Forest Spirit, a deer-like animal god by day and a giant 'nightwalker' by night.
When Ashitaka comes to Iron Town, he discovers the area consumed in battle. However, because of the forests destruction, nearby animal clans seek revenge led by a human girl of the Wolf clan called San. Through the clearing of the surrounding forests, Iron Town produces large amounts of Ironsand, used for gunpowder and other machinery. Iron Town is a fortress under the leadership of Lady Eboshi. Following his village's traditions, Ashitaka is exiled and becomes a wanderer, looking for a solution to the curse before it engulfs him. During the battle, the boar bites him on the arm, leaving it blackened and cursed. Ashitaka, a young man and prince of the tribe, engages the creature in an attempt to save his village. A calm village residing in the mountains comes under attack from a demon-possessed boar one day.