# The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is a 2013 film about a mystical princess named "Kaguya". The film is based on a 10th century story named The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.
    Directed by Isao Takahata. Written by Isao Takahata.

## Kaguya

* If you wish to accuse me of disobedience to His Majesty then feel free to kill me. If your happiness depends on a courtier’s cap then I will go to him. When I see you wearing that cap, then I will kill myself.
* There’s joy, there’s grief. All who live here feel them in all their different shades. There’s birds, bugs, beasts, grass, trees, flowers, and feelings.

## Okina (the bamboo cutters wife)

* It’s me Heaven’s blessed! I’m the one who’ll raise her.
* ‘If I hear that you pine for me, I will return to you. If you are truly waiting for me… I will come straight back.’

## Other

* Lady Sagami: [after Kaguya had asked to swim] You most certainly may not! A noble princess does not frolic and dance around in such a manner.
* Inbe no Akita: [Talking about Kaguya] The moment I stood before her, this aged body began to tremble as if a dry fountain had come back to life. Just the memory of that glimmering beauty leaves me completely lost for words!
* Prince Ishitskuri: [Speaking to Kaguya for the first time] I am Prince Ishitsukuri! If you consent to being my wife… I will worship you day and night, my forehead to the ground… as I would the stone begging bowl of Lord Buddha himself in India.

## Dialogue

    Prince Ishitsukuri: [attempting to win over Kaguya] Ah! My feelings for you bloomed unknown, I thought. Just like that flower. Suddenly the realization dawned… That what I wanted to give you… And you wanted to receive… Was not some unattainable treasure, but that flower. In other words, the symbol of my devotion to you.
    Kaguya: ‘Devotion’…
    Prince Ishitsukuri: Princess Kaguya! You are the one... to whom I would give my heart. Would you accept that lovely flower… and my devotion? I have always loved plants. I am entranced by the nameless flowers that grow by the roadside. And I always wish… I could live as one of those flowers of the field. Princess, come with me to some place that is not this one. Let us leave the capital and its formalities… for a rich green land of flowers, birds, and leaping fish. Somewhere not here. We will laugh, sing, and sleep to our hearts’ content. Morning to night, the seasons meeting our needs… let us spin a beautiful tale. Come with me to somewhere that is not here! A land of green where flowers bloom, birds sing, and fish dance. Somewhere that is not here!
[Ishitskuri pulls back the blinds to reveal his wife, Kita.]
Sanuki no Miyatsuko: What?!
Kita: ‘Somewhere that is not here’? I would very much like to be taken there again.
Prince Ishitsukuri: I’m sorry! Forgive me!
Kita: How many flowers… have you plucked and thrown away… leaving them to shave their heads in despair… and become nuns?
    Kaguya: [Feeling at fault after hearing Middle counselor Isonokami had died] This garden! It’s a fake! Fake! Fake! Fake! Fake! All of it! Fake! And so am I!
    Okina: Stop it!
    Kaguya: It’s my fault everyone’s miserable.
    Okina: It’s not your fault! It’s not!
    Kaguya: It is my fault. Because I’m a fake!
    Okina: Princess!
    Kaguya: I never dreamed things would turn out like this.
    Okina: Of course not. But it’s not your fault.

## Taglines

* A princesses crime and punishment
* [From an interview with Toshio Suzuki after the death of Isao Takahata, and other marketing] The sins and punishments committed by the princess

## Cast

* Aki Asakura — Kaguya
* Kengo Kora — Sutemaru
* Takeo Chii — Sanuki no Miyatsuko (The bamboo cutter)
* Nobuko Miyamoto — Ōna/Ouna/Okina (The bamboo cutters wife) and the narrator
* Atsuko Takahata — Lady Sagami
* Tomoko Tabata — Me no Warawa/Menowarawa
* Takaya Kamikawa — Prince Ishitsukuri
* Hikaru Ijūin — Lord Minister of the right, Abe
* Ryudo Uzaki — Grand counselor Otomo
* Nakamura Shichinosuke II — The Mikado (Emperor)
* Isao Hashizume — Prince Kuramochi
* Tamaki Kojo — Middle counselor Isonokami
* Shinosuke Tatekawa — Inbe no Akita
* Mirai Uchida — Kaguya (Child)
* Yukiji Asaoka Kita/Kita no Kata

## External links

* The Tale of The Princess Kaguya quotes at the Internet Movie Database
* The Tale of The Princess Kaguya at Rotten Tomatoes
* The Tale of The Princess Kaguya at Metacritic
* Official website