Screen/Society--Cine-East: East Asian Cinema--"The Tale of The Princess Kaguya"

Film Screening: "The Tale of The Princess Kaguya" (Isao Takahata, 2013, 137 min, Japan, in Japanese w/ English subtitles, Color, Blu-Ray) / Legendary Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata revisits Japan's most famous folktale in this gorgeous, hand-drawn masterwork, decades in the making. 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 enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime. From the studio that brought you "Spirited Away", "My Neighbor Totoro", and "The Wind Rises" comes a powerful and sweeping epic that redefines the limits of animated storytelling and marks a triumphant highpoint within an extraordinary career in filmmaking for director Isao Takahata. / -- Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year in the 2015 Academy Awards / Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM6hcHp0_kU