| Princess from the Moon | |||||
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 竹取物語 | ||||
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| Directed by | Kon Ichikawa | ||||
| Written by | Kon Ichikawa Shinya Hidaka Mitsutoshi Ishigami Ryûzô Kikushima | ||||
| Based on | The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter | ||||
| Produced by | Tomoyuki Tanaka | ||||
| Starring | Toshiro Mifune Kyōko Kishida Ayako Wakao Kiichi Nakai | ||||
| Cinematography | Setsuo Kobayashi | ||||
| Edited by | Chizuko Osada | ||||
| Music by | Kensaku Tanikawa | ||||
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| Distributed by | Toho | ||||
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Running time | 121 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
| Budget | ¥2 billion[1] | ||||
| Box office | ¥2.47 billion[2] | ||||
Princess from the Moon (竹取物語, Taketori Monogatari, lit. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter) is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese fairy tale about a girl from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.[3][4]
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- ^ "竹取物語". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "竹取物語". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 27 December 2020.