Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / History / Sci-Fi /  more » Awards: 3 wins & 8 nominations  more » User Ratings: 6.6 (92 votes)  more »   Production Co: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Distributor: FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Summary: Based on a centuries-old traditional Japanese fairy tale, a country couple finds a baby girl in some bamboo and raises her as their own daughter...  more »

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Filmmakers: Kon Ichikawa - Director / Writer (writer), Shinya Hidaka - Writer (writer), Mitsutoshi Ishigami - Writer (writer), Ryûzô Kikushima - Writer (writer), Shikibu Murasaki - Writer (based on novel "Taketori Monogatari"), Hiroaki Fujii - Producer, Masaru Kakutani - Producer, Junichi Shinsaka - Producer, Setsuo Kobayashi - Cinematographer, Kensaku Tanikawa - Composer, Chizuko Osada - Editor  more »

Cast overview, first billed only (view more cast)		STARmeter™
	Toshirô Mifune ... Taketori-no-Miyatsuko	4,302
	Ayako Wakao ... Tayoshime	87,616
	Yasuko Sawaguchi ... Kaya, the Princess Kaguya	93,366
	Kôji Ishizaka ... Mikado	135,400
	Kiichi Nakai ... Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military	43,475