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Princess from the Moon. Princess from the Moon (竹取物語, Taketori Monogatari, lit. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese fairy tale about a girl from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
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Sep 14, 1987 · Princess from the Moon: Directed by Kon Ichikawa. With Toshirô Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Kôji Ishizaka. Based on a centuries-old traditional Japanese fairy tale, a country couple finds a baby girl in some bamboo and raises her as their own daughter.
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- Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
- Kon Ichikawa
- 1987-09-14
Jan 5, 2022 · Princess From The Moon. Having lost a child, Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (Toshirô Mifune) and his wife (Ayako Wakao) can't believe it when a bright light deposits a baby in the forest by their house. They decide to keep her, naming her Kaya (Yasuko Sawaguchi), and are amazed when she grows overnight from infancy to childhood.
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- Kon Ichikawa
- 1987
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A well-received animated feature version, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, was also released in 2013. As the title indicates, the fanciful narrative revolves around a young woman from the moon, Kaya (Yasuko Sawaguchi), who finds herself stranded on Earth where she encounters bamboo cutter Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (Toshirô Mifune) and his wife ...
- Kon Ichikawa
- Toshiro Mifune
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Synopsis. A married couple of poor farmers has lost their only child, recently passed away. The woman Tayoshime (Ayako Wakaso) cries out loud to heaven. The father Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (Toshirô Mifune), goes into the forests and sees a strange-kind of electric storm. He finds, in the centre of the burnt land, a strange blue coccoon.
Jan 4, 2024 · Princess from the Moon (竹取物語 Taketori Monogatari, lit. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) is a 1987 tokusatsu fantasy film co-produced by Fuji TV and Toho Pictures. It is an adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a Japanese fairy tale. It was released to Japanese theaters by Toho on September 26, 1987.
