The Tale of Princess Kaguya (film)
Kaguya -hime no Monogatari (Japaneseかぐ や 姫 の 物語) is a film of Studio Ghibli from the year 2013. It was directed by Isao Takahata and is based on the ancient Japanese story Taketori Monogatari. The film is expected to be the last work of Isao Takahata.
Action
The poor bamboo collectors Okina ( " old man " ) one day finds a glowing bamboo. In it, he finds a tiny woman who becomes a baby when he takes her home. Together with his wife Ona ( " old woman " ), he pulls on the fast growing up child she Takenoko ( " bamboo shoot, bamboo child " ) call. Takenoko looking forward to their simple life and befriends the other children, especially with Sutemaru. But her stepfather soon finds gold and valuables in other bamboos, and soon he moved with Takenoko and his wife in an estate. Her daughter, who is now known as Kaguya, is now like a noblewoman grow up, is educated and dressed accordingly. After some time, they will also be attended by young men who ask for her hand. Kaguya has at all the little joy and rejects all her admirers. Finally, it comes out that she comes from the moon, and with it all the wealth. Thither Kaguya must now back again, a train of moon beings, led by the Buddha, it brings distinguished from the soil and takes her.
Production and publication
In the production of Studio Ghibli Isao Takahata directed. Together with Riko Sakaguchi he also wrote the screenplay. As a producer Toshio Suzuki, Seiichiro Ujiie and Yoshiaki Nishimura were responsible. Kenichi Konishi designed the character design and animation was director. The music of the film is by Joe Hisaishi and Shinichirō Ikebe. The credits were welcomed to the song Inochi no Kioku (いのち の 記憶) Kazumi Nikaido. According to producer Yoshiaki Nishimura worked on the film for eight years.
Originally, the premiere was planned together with Kaze Tachinu, another film of the studio in 2013. Yet the publication was postponed and finally the first demonstration took place in Japan on 23 November 2013.
Synchronization
Reception
By mid-December 2013, the film played in Japan around 13 million U.S. dollars. In the Japan Times Mark Schilling describes the visual style of the film as initially compared to other Ghibli films unfinished acting, but in the course of the film, which resembles the old Japanese ink drawing style was developing further and well suited to the content. Isao Takahata tell the story very well known in Japan well after, but his own statement intent is vague. The end had fallen spooky and in the film as a whole subject " a great wisdom, but also a great sadness. "