Princess from the Moon

Princess Kaguya came from outer space!

Original title: 竹取物語

Duration: 121 min

Release date: 1987-09-26

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Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.

Adventure Drama Science Fiction

竹取物語

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Criterion Channel

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Toshirō Mifune

as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Yasuko Sawaguchi

as Kaya, the Princess Kaguya

as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military

Koasa Shunpūtei

Koasa Shunpūtei

as Kuramochi-no-Miko or Minister of Culture

Takatoshi Takeda

Takatoshi Takeda

as Abe-no-Udaijin or Minister of Finance

as Kōgō or Empress

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Mitsutoshi Ishigami

Mitsutoshi Ishigami

Ryuzo Kikushima

Ryuzo Kikushima

Teruyoshi Nakano

Teruyoshi Nakano

Special Effects Supervisor

Kensaku Tanikawa

Kensaku Tanikawa

Original Music Composer

Setsuo Kobayashi

Setsuo Kobayashi

Director of Photography

Shigekazu Hirama

Shigekazu Hirama

Production Manager

Production Supervisor

Shigeaki Hazama

Shigeaki Hazama

Executive Producer

Masaru Kakutani

Masaru Kakutani

Junichi Shinzaka

Junichi Shinzaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Tomoyuki Tanaka

Executive Producer

Theme Song Performance

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