The problem was, before we could dig for the iron, we had to clear away the forest.
5 seconds sound clip from the Princess Mononoke movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:35:10.915 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- You should have seen the way she dealt with Nago. Am I right?
- Nothing to do but sit around on our backsides for months, starin' at a bunch of angry boars. Mm-hmm.
- See, the iron in the sand under this town had all been dug out.
- Then we tried to get at the iron under the mountain, but Nago wasn't gonna stand for that.
- The problem was, before we could dig for the iron, we had to clear away the forest.
- And that's what made the boar angry.
- Then one day Lady Eboshi came along with her warriors and her rifles.
- Young man, what's wrong? Is something hurting your arm?
- No, I was just thinking about the boar god. I was thinking how he must have died filled with hate.
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