The Tale of The Princess Kaguya (2013)
Directed by Isao Takahata
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.
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For years Miyazaki has been the international face of Ghibli, with such critical and commercial hits as Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), and The Wind Rises (2013).
The director Isao Takahata, who co-founded with Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) the storied Studio Ghibli brand, is no slouch with a pen.
The film is directed by Isao Takahata, a longtime collaborator with Hayao Miyazaki who brought us such masterworks as Princess Mononoke , Spirited Away , and Howl's Moving Castle .
It's actually no surprise that the tradition-revering Academy would favour this delicate, handcrafted work, which showcases the exemplary draughtsmanship of its director Isao Takahata (Grave of the Fireflies), a co-founder of Studio Ghibli alongside the more renowned Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away, The Wind Rises).
Hayao Miyazaki was responsible for the studio’s international breakthrough in 2001 with Spirited Away, a fantasy so indelibly cuckoo that it makes Alice in Wonderland look like Cathy Come Home.
The oldest of Japanese folk stories (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) gets an elegant and enchanting screen adaptation in this meticulous animation by Isao Takahata, the 78-year-old co-founder with Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away) of Studio Ghibli.
It comes from Japan's Studio Ghibli, makers of "Howl's Moving Castle" and so many other plaintive animated wonders.
For years Miyazaki has been the international face of Ghibli, with such critical and commercial hits as Spirited Away (2001), Howl's Moving Castle (2004), and The Wind Rises (2013).
The film is directed by Isao Takahata, a longtime collaborator with Hayao Miyazaki who brought us such masterworks as Princess Mononoke , Spirited Away , and Howl's Moving Castle .
The studio’s film catalog is a true embarrassment of riches with (though not limited to) “Grave of the Fireflies,” “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” “Princess Mononoke,” “Spirited Away,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “The Wind Rises.”
This adaptation of the 10th-century Japanese folk tale Taketori Monogatari (which has previously inspired such cinematic adventures as Kon Ichikawa’s live-action Princess from the Moon) boasts a sketchier, more impressionistic palette than the bold strokes of Spirited Away or Howl’s Moving Castle, which made Ghibli a global brand .
The studio’s film catalog is a true embarrassment of riches with (though not limited to) “Grave of the Fireflies,” “Kiki’s Delivery Service,” “Princess Mononoke,” “Spirited Away,” “Howl’s Moving Castle” and “The Wind Rises.”
Less known on these shores than Studio Ghibli cofounder and fellow animator Hayao Miyazaki, the tonally darker but similarly masterly Takahata (“Grave of the Fireflies,” “Pom Poko”) presents an all-ages adventure containing neither the fast action nor the wisecracking characters of Hollywood animated fare.
Known for more realistic anime films such as the heartbreaking “Grave of the Fireflies” and the underrated “Only Yesterday,” Takahata, 78, cuts loose with “The Tale of the Princess Kaguya,” a mythic story of a princess born inside a bamboo shoot who is raised by an elderly bamboo cutter and his wife and groomed against her will into a regal lady — in other words, her destiny at the cost of her free spirit.
But Isao Takahata, who partnered with Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki to create the studio back in 1985, is no slouch either: his filmography ranges from the tragic masterpiece Grave of the Fireflies (1988), about two orphans struggling to survive the horror and privation of postwar Japan, to the wacky, Simpsons-esque My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999).
An ancient Japanese folk tale is brought to life by director Isao Takahata, who made "Grave of the Fireflies" and co-founded Studio Ghibli with the better known Hayao Miyazaki.
The film was directed by Isao Takahata, one of Ghibli’s founders, who’s been responsible for some of the studio’s most striking and unusual films (including the internationally acclaimed Grave Of The Fireflies and the vastly underrated Only Yesterday).