Kaguya-hime no Monogatari

Type: Movie

Plot Summary: Okina is a bamboo cutter in ancient rural Japan. One day in the forest, he finds a tiny baby in the folds of a bamboo shoot. He brings the creature home to his wife Ounaa and they decide to keep her and raise her as a princess. She is clearly not of this world. Kaguya grows at an unnatural rate, soon maturing into an uncommonly beautiful young woman. Since Okina has now also found a cache of gold and treasure in the forest, every suitor wants Kaguya. But this is not a fairy tale of courtship and marriage.

Genre: Fantasy, Historical

Released: 2013

Episodes: 1

Status: Completed

Also Known As: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, Kaguyahime no Monogatari, Princess Kaguya Story, かぐや姫の物語