The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
From the Towers of the Moon is an opera in one act by Robert Moran, with a libretto by Michael John LaChiusa. It is based on the classic Japanese tale "Princess Kaguya", or "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter", which tells of a princess from the Moon who comes to Earth. Moran knew the story as "The Tale of the Shining Princess" and had seen a film adaptation of the legend, "Princess from the Moon", made by Kon Ichikawa in 1987.