< Princess from the Moon (1987)

MOVIE | "Taketori monogatari" | 2h 1m | Open in IMDB | WL | ? / 6.3 (674)

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi | Based on a traditional Japanese fairy tale, a peasant couple finds a girl in a bamboo shoot and raises her as their own daughter. When the girl grows up, she must decide whether to return to her world or accept a man's love.

• Director: Kon Ichikawa
• Writer: Shin'ya Hidaka
• Writer: Kon Ichikawa
• Writer: Mitsutoshi Ishigami
• Writer: Ryûzô Kikushima
• Writer: Shikibu Murasaki
• Toshirō Mifune (67) - Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
• Ayako Wakao (54) - Tayoshime
• Yasuko Sawaguchi (22) - Kaya, the Princess Kaguya
• Kôji Ishizaka (46) - Mikado
• Kiichi Nakai (26) - Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
• Koasa Shunpûtei (32) - Kuramochi-no-Miko or Minister of Culture
• Takatoshi Takeda (30) - Abe-no-Udaijin or Minister of Finance
• Megumi Odaka (15) - Akeno
• Katsuo Nakamura (49) - Lise
• Shirô Itô (50) - Sojo-no-Doson
• Fujio Tokita (50) - Shonin-no-Uda
• Takeshi Katō (58) - Fujiwara-no-Okuni
• Kyôko Kishida (57) - Kougo
• Hirokazu Yamaguchi - Metal Carver
• Jun Hamamura (81) - Sakanoue-no-Dajo-Daijin
• Gen Idemitsu (52) - Mura-no-Choja
• Michino Yokoyama (51) - Lise's Wife
• Hirokazu Inoue (46) - Ono-no-Fusamori
• Miho Nakano - Kaya
• Shigeo Katô - Villager