Princess from the Moon

Based On “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter”

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.

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Release date:

September 14, 1987

Director:

Kon Ichikawa

Cast:

Toshirō Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, Kiichi Nakai, Megumi Odaka

Genre:

Fantasy, Science Fiction

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Year page:

1987 in adaptations