As the story of Kaguya’s origins and ultimate otherworldly fate unfolds, prepare to run the gamut of emotions from joy, compassion, love, sadness and a deep sense of longing. Sent away to court to make a favorable marriage by her adopted father, the homesick Kaguya sets her suitors (princes and the Emperor alike) impossible tasks to avoid being forced to pick a husband.ĭirected by longtime Miyazaki collaborator and Studio Ghibli co-founder, Isao Takahata, relies on a soft palette of watercolors to infuse the scrolling narrative of his adaptation with a life. The child rapidly grows into a beautiful and highly desired woman. The cutter and his wife take the child in and raise her as their own. It's about a nymph found growing a bamboo stalk by a bamboo cutter. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is based on a 10th-century monogatari, a kind of long-form narrative prose specific to Japan, called The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.
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