The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

Cast

• Aki Asakura The Princess Kaguya (voice)
• Takeo Chii Sanuki no Miyatsuko (voice)
• Nobuko Miyamoto Ōna / Narrator (voice)
• Kengo Kora Sutemaru (voice)
• Atsuko Takahata Lady Sagami (voice)
• Tomoko Tabata Menowarawa (voice)
• Shinosuke Tatekawa Lord Inbe no Akita (voice)
• Takaya Kamikawa Prince Ishitsukuri (voice)
• Hikaru Ijūin Minister of the Right Abe (voice)
• Ryudo Uzaki Grand Counselor Otomo (voice)
• Shichinosuke Nakamura The Emperor (voice)
• Isao Hashizume Prince Kuramochi (voice)
• Tatsuya Nakadai Charcoal-maker Old Man (voice)
• Yukiji Asaoka Kita no kata (voice)
• Tamaki Kojo Middle Counselor Isonokami (voice)
• Yuji Miyake Sanuki no Miyatsuko (voice)
• Mirai Uchida Young Kaguya (voice)
• Hiroyuki Yamamoto Aristocrat (voice)

Crew

Director

Isao Takahata

Director of Photography

Keisuke Nakamura

Editor

Toshihiko Kojima

Original Music Composer

Joe Hisaishi

Producer

Seiichiro Ujiie

Producer

Yoshiaki Nishimura

Screenplay

Isao Takahata

Screenplay

Riko Sakaguchi

Details

Budget

$49,300,000

Revenue

$24,366,656

Homepage

https://gkids.com/films/the-tale-of-the-princess-kaguya/

IMDb

tt2576852

TMDB

149871

Keywords

• anime
• based on fairy tale
• coming of age
• cruel
• fantasy
• historical
• japanese folklore
• japanese woman
• princess

Videos

• The Tale of The Princess Kaguya - Looking For Reality - Own it Now on Blu-ray Behind the Scenes
• Blossoms Clip
• Going Outside Clip
• Running Away Clip
• Official US Teaser Trailer Teaser
• Ghibli Fest 2024 Trailer Trailer
• THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA | Official Trailer (Japanese) Trailer
• The Tale of The Princess Kaguya [Official US Trailer] Trailer
• UK Trailer Trailer

Reviews

CinemaSerf · ★ 7 · 2026-10-31

I thought that there was something of the "Tom Thumb" to this story of a loving elderly couple who made their living amidst the giant bamboo. After many years of praying, they are given the gift that they truly crave. A child. A very little, little, girl whom they name "Kaguya". Over the years and nurtured by their love, her own inate kindness and a little of her father's rather kindly grandiose aspirations she turns into a rare beauty famed across the land. Now dubbed "Princess Kaguya" she has attracted the suit of five of the most prominent men in the Kingdom, and even the Emperor himself has shown interest and summoned her to his court. She, on the other hand, is wise to what is going on and sets each of her suitors a seemingly impossible task in the hope that she can avoid any arranged marriages. The question is, though, that even if she can thwart their silver-tongued advances can she ever have any hope of finding a true love of her own? The delicate brushwork here is masterful, especially the simplicity of the bamboo and the vibrancy of the colouring, and the story gently teases us without ever directly explaining just what the parable is until the end. It mixes some of the more amiable elements of fabled fantasy with some fairly obvious symbolism of the expected role of a girl in this society, but it's not trying to ram home any political points but instead to illustrate the values of love and decency on an almost ethereal basis. The score adds an additional richness as it effortlessly shifts from the mischievous to the mysterious and this delicate piece of craft really does merit a big screen viewing (ideally without any dubbing) to get the full visual effects as this warmly washes over us.

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