The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
A young woman in a pink kimono looks up smiling at falling cherry blossoms. The title of the film is written vertically in black script in the centre.
Theatrical release poster
Kanjiかぐや姫の物語
Revised HepburnKaguya-hime no Monogatari
Directed byIsao Takahata[1]
Screenplay by
  • Isao Takahata
  • Riko Sakaguchi
Based onThe Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Produced byYoshiaki Nishimura
Starring
CinematographyKeisuke Nakamura
Edited byToshihiko Kojima
Music byJoe Hisaishi
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 23 November 2013 (2013-11-23)
Running time
137 minutes[2]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget¥5.15 billion[3] ($49.3 million)[4]
Box office$27 million

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Japanese: かぐや姫の物語, Hepburn: Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) is a 2013 Japanese animated historical fantasy[5] film co-written and directed by Isao Takahata that is an adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese literary tale. It was produced by Studio Ghibli for Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DYMP, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI.

The film's ensemble voice cast featured Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata, Tomoko Tabata, Tatekawa Shinosuke, Takaya Kamikawa, Hikaru Ijūin, Ryudo Uzaki, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Isao Hashizume, Yukiji Asaoka (in a special appearance) and Tatsuya Nakadai.[6][7][8][9] It is the final film to feature Chii, who died in June 2012, and also the final film to be directed by Takahata, who died in April 2018.

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya was released in Japan on 23 November 2013 by Toho. With a budget of US$49.3 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film.[clarification needed] It received critical acclaim and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards. Its production was the subject of the feature-length documentary Isao Takahata and His Tale of the Princess Kaguya.[10]

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  9. ^ Fischer, Russ (21 November 2012). "Studio Ghibli Titles New Films From Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata; Grave of the Fireflies Picked Up For US Re-Release". /Film. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
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