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Name: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Director: Isao Takahata
Genre: animation, drama, fantasy
Released: 2013
Duration: 2 h 17 min
Rating: 8

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya has an iRankMovies score of 87.3/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)

かぐや姫の物語

A princess's crime and punishment.

Release:2013

Runtime:2h 17m

Country:Japan

Director:Isao Takahata

Language:Japanese

Genre

AnimationDramaFantasy

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Keywords

PrincesshistoricalJapanese WomanBased On Fairy TaleJapanese FolkloreAnimefantasyCruel

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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 61K votes

Rotten Tomatoes100%

Metacritic89%

TMDb8.096/10· 2K votes

With 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 89/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.

Cast of The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Aki Asakura
as The Princess Kaguya (voice)
Takeo Chii
as Sanuki no Miyatsuko (voice)
Nobuko Miyamoto
as Ōna / Narrator (voice)
Kengo Kora
as Sutemaru (voice)
Atsuko Takahata
as Lady Sagami (voice)
Tomoko Tabata
as Menowarawa (voice)
Shinosuke Tatekawa
as Lord Inbe no Akita (voice)
Takaya Kamikawa
as Prince Ishitsukuri (voice)
Hikaru Ijūin
as Minister of the Right Abe (voice)
Ryudo Uzaki
as Grand Counselor Otomo (voice)
Shichinosuke Nakamura
as The Emperor (voice)
Isao Hashizume
as Prince Kuramochi (voice)

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya facts

Original title: かぐや姫の物語
Budget: $49.3M
Box office: $24.4M

Our take on The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Isao Takahata's 2013 Ghibli masterpiece retells an ancient Japanese folktale: a tiny girl found in a bamboo stalk grows into a princess who can never quite belong to the world she's given. Rendered in breathtaking watercolour-like animation, it's a sublime, melancholy meditation on life's fleeting beauty. If its artistry and quiet sorrow moved you, the films of Studio Ghibli and lyrical animated dramas share its grace and depth.

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