Film recommendation · 2013
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
かぐや姫の物語
Isao Takahata · 2h 17m
Japan · Japanese
Animation · Drama · Fantasy
What is The Tale of the Princess Kaguya about?
A tiny girl found inside a bamboo stalk grows rapidly into a young woman hemmed in by the expectations of courtly life.
Why watch The Tale of the Princess Kaguya?
Its charcoal and watercolour lines can be delicate one moment and violently alive the next. Takahata turns an old folktale into a piercing argument for the mess and freedom of earthly life.
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