The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Isao
Takahata

Isao Takahata (1935–2018, Japan) 
Selected filmography: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (かぐや姫の物語, 2013), My Neighbors the Yamadas (ホーホケキョ となりの山田くん, 1999), Pom Poko (平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, 1994), Only Yesterday (おもひでぽろぽろ, 1991), Grave of the Fireflies (火垂るの墓, 1988)

A heart-wrenching celebration of life's beauty and sadness, this ancient Japanese folktale tells the story of Princess Kaguya. A bamboo cutter finds a girl glowing inside a bamboo stalk and raises her as his daughter. The girl grows rapidly into a beautiful woman. Her father, wanting the best for her, tries to make her a noble court lady. But Kaguya’s heart yearns for something else.