Muromachi Period. Ashitaka, a young man living in a village of the Emishi clan in the far north, is cursed with death when he exterminates the tatarigami that attacked his village. Seeking a way to break the curse, Ashitaka sets out on a journey to the west, eventually arriving at a refinery called “Taraba. On his way there, he meets San, a girl raised by an inugami (dog god) in the forest, but San, who hates humans, warns him to leave the forest. When Ashitaka eventually arrives at the Taraba, he learns that the humans have incurred the wrath of San and the Inugami by clearing the forest for their survival. ......