Pom Poko (1994)

Jillian Bowen: Kiyo

Quotes 

• Bunta : So what has been happening to our forest? It's only been three years. I feel like Rip Van Winkle.

  Shokichi : We did everything we could to try to stop it.

  Bunta : Every inch of the woods has changed. How could the land be so transformed?

  Tamasaburô : We're so sorry. This must come as quite a shock.

  Bunta : So the humans did it themselves?

  Kiyo : [crying]  That's right. They transformed all of Tama Hills.

  Bunta : But how? Only raccoons should be able to do that. We're the only ones!

  [He rushes off and shouts at the city] 

  Bunta : Who do you think you are, you stupid humans? Raccoons are the ones who transform things. How can you do this? How can you do this?

  [He sinks to his knees and beats the ground] 

  Bunta : The only way this makes sense is if all you humans are raccoons! You're all stupid, evil, selfish raccoons!

  [He sobs and howls] 

• Kiyo : So, what about the hunter song?

  Shokichi : Oh. My dad used to sing it to me, when I was just a cub.

  Kiyo : Sounds like your father was kind of strange.

  Shokichi : M-hm. He'd sing, "Fried 'em up and ate 'em" really loudly. And then he'd give me a lecture.

  Kiyo : About what?

  Shokichi : He'd say, "Did you hear that, son? Even in children's nursery rhymes, humans sing about how they love to shoot us, and then fry us up. Humans are sick, cruel, heartless beasts, and don't you forget it, Shoukichi."

• Shokichi : As soon as it's springtime, everybody goes crazy. All of a sudden they want to get married and have families. Nobody seems to remember Oroku's warning that we're not supposed to have any cubs. The second the sun hits their fur, they fall in love.

  [He and Kiyo gaze into each other's eyes] 

  Shokichi : But not us. You don't see us chasing after each other like we're lunatics. We can handle not getting married and not having cubs, don't you think?

  Kiyo : Of course we can. I'm so pleased. It's just what I'd hoped you'd say. You're... wonderful.

  [She embraces Shokichi passionately] 

  Shokichi : Yeah. We can hold off. I don't need to kiss, or cuddle, or rub noses or...

  Kiyo : [eyes burning with desire]  Oh, Shokichi.

  [She kisses him. She leans into Shokichi, then he leans into her] 

  Narrator : That was a mistake.