This article is about the 2013 Studio Ghibli film. For the original tale, see The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Theatrical release poster

Kanji かぐや姫の物語

Revised Hepburn Kaguya-hime no Monogatari
Directed by Isao Takahata[1]
Screenplay by
Isao Takahata
Riko Sakaguchi
Based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Produced by Yoshiaki Nishimura
Starring
Aki Asakura [Wikidata]
Kengo Kora
Takeo Chii
Nobuko Miyamoto
Cinematography Keisuke Nakamura
Edited by Toshihiko Kojima
Music by Joe Hisaishi

Production
company
Studio Ghibli
Distributed by Toho

Release date
23 November 2013

Running time 137 minutes[2]
Country Japan
Language Japanese
Budget ¥5.15 billion[3] ($49.3 million)[4]
Box office $27 million


The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Japanese: かぐや姫の物語, Hepburn: Kaguya-hime no Monogatari) is a 2013 Japanese animated historical fantasy[5] film co-written and directed by Isao Takahata that is an adaptation of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese literary tale. It was produced by Studio Ghibli for Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DYMP, Walt Disney Japan, Mitsubishi, Toho and KDDI.

The film's ensemble voice cast featured Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Atsuko Takahata, Tomoko Tabata, Tatekawa Shinosuke, Takaya Kamikawa, Hikaru Ijūin, Ryudo Uzaki, Nakamura Shichinosuke II, Isao Hashizume, Yukiji Asaoka (in a special appearance) and Tatsuya Nakadai.[6][7][8][9] It is the final film to feature Chii, who died in June 2012, and also the final film to be directed by Takahata, who died in April 2018.