Princess from the Moon - MovieDB Browser

1987 6.4 (24 votes) 2h 1m

Genres

Adventure Drama Science Fiction

Production Companies

Toho Pictures
Fuji Television Network
Toho Eizo Bijutsu
Tokyo Laboratory

Princess from the Moon (竹取物語)

Princess Kaguya came from outer space!

Overview

Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.

Key Crew

Director: Kon Ichikawa

Writer: Ryūzō Kikushima, Shinya Hidaka, Kon Ichikawa, Mitsutoshi Ishigami

Director of Photography: Setsuo Kobayashi

Producer: Masaru Kakutani, Hiroaki Fujii, Junichi Shinzaka

Top Cast

Toshirō Mifune

Taketori-no-Miyatsuko

Ayako Wakao

Tayoshime

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Kaya, the Princess Kaguya

Koji Ishizaka

Mikado

Kiichi Nakai

Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military

Koasa Shunpūtei

Kuramochi-no-Miko or Minister of Culture

Takatoshi Takeda

Abe-no-Udaijin or Minister of Finance

Megumi Odaka

Akeno

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