The Tale of Princess Kaguya (film)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Japanese , Hepburn Kaguyahime no Monogatari ? is a 2013 Japanese animated fantasy drama film produced by Studio Ghibli, and directed and cowritten by Isao Takahata. It stars Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata, Tomoko Tabata, Tatekawa Shinosuke, Takaya Kamikawa, Hikaru Ijin, Ryudo Uzaki, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Isao Hashizume and Tamaki Kojo, and is based on the folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. It is Takahatas fifth film for Studio Ghibli, and his first since 1999s My Neighbors the Yamadas. It was released on November 23, 2013. The film received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards.

Miyatsuko comes upon gold and fine cloth in the bamboo grove in the same way he found his daughter. He takes these as proof of her divine royalty and begins planning to make her a proper princess. He soon relocates the family to the capital, forcing her to leave her friends behind. She finds herself in a mansion, replete with servants and fine clothes. She is also saddled with a governess who is tasked with taming her into a proper noblewoman. She struggles with the restraints of nobility, arguing that life should be full of laughter and struggle.When the girl comes of age, she is granted the formal name of Princess Kaguya for the light and life that radiates from her. Miyatsuko holds a celebration in commemoration of Kaguyas naming. At the celebration, Kaguya overhears partygoers ridiculing her fathers attempts to turn a peasant girl into a noble through money. Kaguya flees the capital in despair and runs back to the mountains, seeking Sutemaru and her other friends, but discovers that they have all moved away. Kaguya passes out in the snow and awakens back at the party. ........

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