Even if all the trees grow back, it won’t be his forest anymore. The Forest Spirit is dead. Never. He is life itself. He isn’t dead, San. He is here with us now, telling us, it’s time for both of us to live.
もののけ姫 / Princess Mononoke (1997) dir. Hayao Miyazaki
“[pitching the proposal for Mononoke-hime (1997)] There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans. However, even in the middle of hatred and killings, there are things worth living for. A wonderful meeting, or a beautiful thing can exist. We depict hatred, but it is to depict that there are more important things. We depict a curse, to depict the joy of liberation. What we should depict is, how the boy understands the girl, and the process in which the girl opens her heart to the boy. At the end, the girl will say to the boy, “I love you, Ashitaka. But I cannot forgive humans.” Smiling, the boy should say, “That is fine. Live with me.” ― Hayao Miyazaki
PRINCESS MONONOKE / もののけ姫
1997 | dir. Hayao Miyazaki / 宮崎 駿