The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Synopsis

Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage. (Source: Toronto International Film Festival)

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Characters & Voice Actors

Kaguya-himeMain

Aki AsakuraJP

SutemaruSupporting

Kengo KouraJP

OkinaSupporting

Takeo ChiiJP

Inbe no AkitaSupporting

Shinosuke TatekawaJP

SagamiSupporting

Atsuko TakahataJP

MenowarawaSupporting

Tomoko TabataJP

OunaSupporting

Nobuko MiyamotoJP

MikadoSupporting

Nakamura Shichinosuke IIJP

Staff

Yoshiki SakuraiAssistance

Isao TakahataInsert Song Composition

Isao TakahataInsert Song Lyrics

Isao TakahataOriginal Plan

Isao TakahataDirector

Isao TakahataScript

Joe HisaishiMusic

Joe HisaishiConductor

Relations

AlternativeKaguya-hime (1961)AlternativeKaguya-hime (1972)AlternativeKaguya-hime

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