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The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013
· Movie
· 137 min
A
MEANRANK
87/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #10
- IMDb #52
- Google retired #76
- Rotten Tomatoes #25
- Metacritic #17
- Letterboxd #20
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #4
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #83
- Metacritic Critics #20
- Metacritic Audience #32
- Douban #48
- Kinopoisk #58
- AlloCiné #13
- Trakt #62
Every rating
80–100
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is IMDb on 80, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100.
See the most agreed on films →A tiny girl is discovered inside a shining bamboo stalk by an old bamboo cutter, who believes she is a divine presence. He and his wife raise her as a princess, moving her from their rural home to a life of luxury in the capital. The young woman, however, yearns for the simple freedoms of her past, struggling against the rigid expectations of her royal destiny.
Details
- Director
- Isao Takahata
- Writers
- Isao Takahata, Riko Sakaguchi
- Based on
- The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter by http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/d24e70db9297b42e99fb702009fd3478
- Released
- 23 November 2013
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $49.3M
- Box office
- $24.4M
- Awards
- 7 wins, 20 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 27 →7 wins from 27 nominations across 21 ceremonies
| 67th Cannes Film Festival 2014 | Prix SACD (Directors' Fortnight) | Isao Takahata | Nominee |
| 67th Cannes Film Festival 2014 | Art Cinema Award (Directors' Fortnight) | Isao Takahata | Nominee |
| 87th Academy Awards 2014 | Best Animated Feature Film | Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Nishimura | Nominee |
| 21st Empire Awards 2016 | Best Animated Film | Nominee | |
| 42nd Annual Annie Awards 2015 | Best Animated Feature | Nominee | |
| 42nd Annual Annie Awards 2015 | Music in a Feature Production | Joe Hisaishi | Nominee |
| 42nd Annual Annie Awards 2015 | Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Isao Takahata | Nominee |
| 18th Online Film Critics Society Awards 2014 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
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67th Cannes Film Festival
2 nominations
| Art Cinema Award (Directors' Fortnight) | Isao Takahata | Nominee |
| Prix SACD (Directors' Fortnight) | Isao Takahata | Nominee |
87th Academy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature Film | Isao Takahata, Yoshiaki Nishimura | Nominee |
35th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Isao Takahata | Winner |
36th Mill Valley Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award for Best Animated Film | Winner |
40th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Film | Isao Takahata | Winner |
68th Mainichi Film Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Animation Film Award | Winner |
8th Asia Pacific Screen Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature Film | Yoshiaki Nishimura | Winner |
Fantastic Fest
1 nomination, 1 won
| Audience Award | Winner |
Toronto Film Critics Association
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Animated Feature | Winner |
42nd Annual Annie Awards
3 nominations
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee | |
| Directing in an Animated Feature Production | Isao Takahata | Nominee |
| Music in a Feature Production | Joe Hisaishi | Nominee |
18th Online Film Critics Society Awards
2 nominations
| Best Animated Film | Nominee | |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |
37th Japan Academy Prize
2 nominations
| Japan Academy Prize for Animation of the Year | Nominee | |
| Outstanding Achievement in Music | Joe Hisaishi | Nominee |
64th Blue Ribbon Award
2 nominations
| Best Director | Isao Takahata | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee |
18th Oslo Films from the South Festival
1 nomination
| Best Feature | Nominee |
21st Empire Awards
1 nomination
| Best Animated Film | Nominee |
39th Toronto International Film Festival
1 nomination
| People's Choice Award for Best Drama Feature Film | Nominee |
47th Sitges Film Festival
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
62nd San Sebastián International Film Festival
1 nomination
| Audience Award | Nominee |
Chicago Film Critics Association
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |
Kinema Junpo Awards
1 nomination
| Best Film | Nominee |
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
1 nomination
| Best Animated Feature | Nominee |