MOVIE · 2013
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
AnimationAnimeDramaFamilyFantasyRomance137 min
An old bamboo cutter discovers a tiny girl inside a shining stalk, and she quickly grows into Kaguya, a young woman whose beauty draws nobles and suitors from every direction. Aki Asakura is Kaguya, raised by the couple who found her; Takeo Chii and Nobuko Miyamoto voice the bamboo cutter and his wife as their quiet rural life gives way to courtly attention and impossible demands. Directed by Isao Takahata, the film follows Kaguya from her miraculous arrival toward the fate tied to her mysterious origin and the old Japanese legend around her.
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