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Kaguya-hime no Monogatari

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

MOVIE · 2013 · finished · ★ 81 · 137 min

Drama
Fantasy
Romance

studio · Studio Ghibli

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Synopsis

Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage. (Source: Toronto International Film Festival)