Loading Page
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya(2013)
Status: Released
Date: 2013-11-23
81%
1851 Votes
Time: 2h 17m
A princess's crime and punishment.
Overview:
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her. But, ultimately, she must confront her fate.
Languages: Japanese.
Countries:
Japan
Budget: $49,300,000.00
Revenue: $24,366,656.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Mitsubishi Shoji
T2 Studio
Movie: The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Top 10 Billed Cast
朝倉あき
The Princess Kaguya (voice)
地井武男
The Bamboo Cutter (voice)
宮本信子
The Bamboo Cutter's Wife / Narrator (voice)
高良健吾
Sutemaru (voice)
高畑淳子
Lady Sagami (voice)
田畑智子
Kaguya's Maid Girl (voice)
Shinosuke Tatekawa
Lord Akita (voice)
上川隆也
Prince Ishitsukuri (voice)
Hikaru Ijuin
Minister of the Right Abe (voice)
宇崎竜童
Great Counselor Otomo (voice)
Video Trailer The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
Video: Ghibli Fest 2024 Trailer
Ghibli Fest 2024 Trailer
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA | Official Trailer (Japanese)
UK Trailer
Blossoms
Going Outside
Official US Teaser Trailer
Running Away
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya - Looking For Reality - Own it Now on Blu-ray
All 8 videos
Ghibli Fest 2024 Trailer - Trailer
THE TALE OF THE PRINCESS KAGUYA | Official Trailer (Japanese) - Trailer
UK Trailer - Trailer
Blossoms - Clip
Going Outside - Clip
Official US Teaser Trailer - Teaser
Running Away - Clip
The Tale of The Princess Kaguya - Looking For Reality - Own it Now on Blu-ray - Behind the Scenes
Recommendations Movies
79%
When Marnie Was There(ja)
2014-07-19
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
72%
Pom Poko(ja)
1994-07-16
The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. The Raccoons practice and perfect the ancient art of transformation until they are even able to appear as humans in hilarious circumstances.
74%
Only Yesterday(ja)
1991-07-20
In lyrical switches between the present and the past, Taeko contemplates the arc of her life, and wonders if she has been true to the dreams of her childhood self.
78%
The Cremator(cs)
1969-03-14
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
64%
Ocean Waves(ja)
1993-10-09
At Kichijōji Station, Tokyo, Taku Morisaki glimpses a familiar woman on the platform opposite boarding a train. Later, her photo falls from a shelf as he exits his apartment before flying to Kōchi Prefecture. Picking it up, he looks at it briefly before leaving. As the aeroplane takes off, he narrates the events that brought her into his life...
78%
The Wind Rises(ja)
2013-07-20
A lifelong love of flight inspires Japanese aviation engineer Jiro Horikoshi, whose storied career includes the creation of the A-6M World War II fighter plane.
70%
My Neighbors the Yamadas(ja)
1999-07-17
The Yamadas are a typical middle class Japanese family in urban Tokyo and this film shows us a variety of episodes of their lives. With tales that range from the humorous to the heartbreaking, we see this family cope with life's little conflicts, problems, and joys in their own way.
79%
Grave of the Fireflies(ja)
2005-11-01
Hisako loses her home in Tokyo to Allied bombing. With her husband fighting somewhere in Asia, she and her two children evacuate to a suburb of Kobe, where they share a house with Hisako's cousin, Kyoko. Kobe is bombed and Kyoko is killed. Hisako is forced to take care of Kyoko's two children in addition to her own, but there is not enough food for everyone.
71%
Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Border 2: Ghost Whispers(ja)
2013-11-29
Freed of her responsibilities with the 501 Organization, Motoko Kusanagi must now learn how to take orders from Aramaki. Someone hacks the Logicomas, and Batou enlists the help of former army intelligence officer Ishikawa and former air artillery expert Borma. Kusanagi also seeks to enlist ace sniper Saito and undercover cop Paz into the new Public Security Section 9.
84%
Grave of the Fireflies(ja)
1988-04-16
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
67%
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives(th)
2010-06-25
Suffering from acute kidney failure, Boonmee has chosen to spend his final days surrounded by his loved ones in the countryside. Surprisingly, the ghost of his deceased wife appears to care for him, and his long lost son returns home in a non-human form. Contemplating the reasons for his illness, Boonmee treks through the jungle with his family to a mysterious hilltop cave—the birthplace of his first life.
59%
Earwig and the Witch(ja)
2021-02-03
A headstrong orphan discovers a world of spells and potions while living with a selfish witch.
75%
From Up on Poppy Hill(ja)
2011-07-16
Yokohama, 1963. Japan is picking itself up from the devastation of World War II and preparing to host the 1964 Olympics—and the mood is one of both optimism and conflict as the young generation struggles to throw off the shackles of a troubled past. Against this backdrop of hope and change, a friendship begins to blossom between high school students Umi and Shun—but a buried secret from their past emerges to cast a shadow on the future and pull them apart.
74%
Big Fish & Begonia(zh)
2016-07-08
Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.
75%
The Red Turtle(fr)
2016-03-27
The dialogue-less film follows the major life stages of a castaway on a deserted tropical island populated by turtles, crabs and birds.
81%
My Neighbor Totoro(ja)
1988-04-16
Two sisters move to the country with their father in order to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and discover the surrounding trees are inhabited by Totoros, magical spirits of the forest. When the youngest runs away from home, the older sister seeks help from the spirits to find her.
79%
Whisper of the Heart(ja)
1995-07-15
Shizuku lives a simple life, dominated by her love for stories and writing. One day she notices that all the library books she has have been previously checked out by the same person: 'Seiji Amasawa'.
79%
In This Corner of the World(ja)
2016-11-12
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
80%
Castle in the Sky(ja)
1986-08-02
A young boy and a girl with a magic crystal must race against pirates and foreign agents in a search for a legendary floating castle.
79%
An Autumn Afternoon(ja)
1962-11-18
Shuhei Hirayama is a widower with a 24-year-old daughter. Gradually, he comes to realize that she should not be obliged to look after him for the rest of his life, so he arranges a marriage for her.
Similar Movies
73%
Blood and Bone(en)
2009-02-07
In Los Angeles, an ex-con takes the underground fighting world by storm in his quest to fulfill a promise to a dead friend.
73%
On-Gaku: Our Sound(ja)
2020-01-11
A bored trio of high school delinquents start a rock 'n' roll band together. They have no skill, money, or even a full set of drums, but are determined to jam out and impress their only friend.
52%
The Swan Princess: Far Longer Than Forever(en)
2023-09-19
Eager to discover the truth about his late father, King Derek and Queen Odette set off on an epic undercover adventure. With the help of their friends, Derek and Odette piece the mystery together, only to have it all unravel. Will they ever know the truth about King Max?
74%
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death and Rebirth(ja)
1997-03-15
Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.
62%
City Hunter Special: Goodbye My Sweetheart(ja)
1997-04-01
A mysterious soldier known only as Professor takes his revenge on the government that betrayed him - and Tokyo is brought to its knees! Unless the government pays the Professor an impossible ransom, downtown Tokyo will be completely destroyed, and the Professor's beautiful sister will be the first to go! Only City Hunter, expert detective and shameless ladies' man, can keep Tokyo from being blown sky high!The bullets fly furiously, and the women have never been tempting as City Hunter takes it to the edge in this action-packed animated feature. Explosive action will rock your senses as you witness City Hunter's greatest challenge ever!
45%
Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman(ja)
1996-02-21
A courageous team of heroes battles the evil king of the planet Voice who's plotting to overthrow Earth through corporate raiding in this anime parody of Super Sentai/Power Rangers programs. The members of the Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman -- Shinesman Red, Shinesman Sepia, Shinesman Moss Green, Shinesman Salmon Pink and Shinesman Gray -- use the time between meetings and deadlines at the Right Corporation to bring down the bad guys.
72%
Case Closed: The Fourteenth Target(ja)
1998-04-18
Ran’s secret past revealed! Ten years ago, something happened between her mom and dad. Now, plagued by nightmares, Ran is starting to remember… Meanwhile, a murderous card dealer breaks out of jail to seek revenge. His target: Ran’s father. Can Conan stop him in time and save his girlfriend’s family?
67%
Wicked City(ja)
1987-04-19
A peace treaty between the Earth and the Black World, a parallel universe of demons, is coming to an end. Two cops, Taki, a human male, and Maki, a female demon, are assigned to protect a diplomat who will help secure another treaty. A radical group of demons from the Black World are out to assassinate the diplomat and prevent the treaty; only the bond that forms between the two cops can save the Earth from destruction.
66%
Iblard Time(ja)
2007-07-04
A quiet stroll through the imaginary world of Iblard, originally depicted in the paintings by Naohisa Inoue, influenced by Impressionism and Surrealism.
77%
Inuyasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass(ja)
2002-12-22
With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon of Legend, hatches a plot to plunge the world into an eternal night of the full moon. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippou must reunite to confront the new menace.
66%
The Swan Princess(en)
1994-11-18
The beautiful princess Odette is transformed into a swan by an evil sorcerer's spell. Held captive at an enchanted lake, she befriends Jean-Bob the frog, Speed the turtle and Puffin the bird. Despite their struggle to keep the princess safe, these good-natured creatures can do nothing about the sorcerer's spell, which can only be broken by a vow of everlasting love.
0%
Doctor Mambo & Kaitou Jibako: Uchuu yori Ai wo Komete(ja)
1983-09-10
The dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, to regain her birthright from the usurping president Capo.
48%
The Brand New Adventures of Aladdin(fr)
2018-10-03
After freeing Baghdad from its terrible ruler, Aladin delays his marriage to the princess until a new dictator arrives to take over the city.
50%
Spooky Kitaro: Kitaro's Ghost Train(ja)
1999-03-20
A 3D movie originally screened in Hanayashiki and some other amusement parks on 20.03.1999. The movie was later rerun at Toei's anime festival "Tobidasu! 3D Toei Anime Matsuri" on 03.10.2009. The DVD became available on 21.02.2010 titled "CG Toei Anime Matsuri" and it contained 3 other CG anime works by Toei (Kikansha Yaemon, Digimon Savers 3D: Digital World Kiki Ippatsu! and Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix!).
47%
Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix!(ja)
2000-07-20
Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grand Prix! was first shown in July 2000 in Sanrio Puroland and in Sanrio's character theme park Haromy Land. The movie was later rerun at Toei's anime festival "Tobidasu! 3D Toei Anime Matsuri" on 03.10.2009. Together with Digimon Savers 3D: Digital World Kiki Ippatsu!, and 2 other CG anime works by Toei, it was released on DVD on 21.02.2010.
64%
Bell, Book and Candle(en)
1958-12-25
A modern-day witch likes her neighbor but despises his fiancée, so she enchants him to love her instead... only to fall in love with him for real.
66%
Seven Days War(ja)
2019-12-13
In the town of Saima, when summer is about to begin, a group of six high school students intend to live a secret adventure by spending seven carefree days in a ruined mining facility.
55%
The Big First-Grader and the Small Second-Grader(ja)
2014-03-01
First-grader Masaya is a crybaby despite his large stature, so he can't walk by himself on the dark path to school. The one who holds his hand is Akiyo, a tiny but capable second-grader. Masaya wants to be strong like Akiyo and admires her, but one day, something happens that leaves Akiyo in tears. To lift Akiyo's spirits, Masaya goes trekking to the distant Ipponsugi forest to find the spotted bellflowers that Akiyo loves.