The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

From the writer and director of Studio Ghibli animated dramas Only Yesterday and Grave of the Fireflies comes this fantasy based on the Japanese folk tale of a tiny sleeping princess, discovered in the forest one day by an old bamboo salesman. Adopted into the elderly couple’s care, she goes into a full-sized baby within an instant, leading to a life lived with little riches but ultimate tranquillity. But when she grows older, the interests of the wealthy intervene…