Princess from the Moon (1987)

Original title

竹取物語

Directed by

Kon Ichikawa

Genre

fantasy film, science fiction film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 01m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A baby girl is found inside a glowing bamboo stalk by a bamboo cutter. She grows up to be a beautiful woman, but her mysterious origins eventually lead to her return to the Moon.

dreamlikegentlepoeticetherealslow-pacedwhimsicalmelancholicfolkloric

What happens

Princess from the Moon (竹取物語, Taketori Monogatari; lit. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese fairy tale about a girl from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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