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'''''The Tale of the Princess Kaguya''''' (Japanese ''かぐや姫の物語'', Hepburn ''Kaguya-hime no Monogatari'') is a 2013 film directed by [[Isao Takahata]] and animated by [[Studio Ghibli]] partially based on the literary tale ''[[The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter]]''. The film originally was planned for a release alongside [[Hayao Miyazaki]]'s ''[[The Wind Rises]]'' — which would be the first time two directors release a film simultaneously since 1988 — but was delayed due to production issues. It was Takahata's last film as a director before his death in 2018, and one of the final films from the studio before its restructuring. It is Takahata's first directorial credit since ''[[My Neighbors the Yamadas]]'' in 1999. At two hours and seventeen minutes, this is Ghibli's longest film production, and the longest non-extended animated film not based on a pre-existing media franchise.
The film had a lengthy creation period. Takahata first expressed interest in adapting ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'' back when he worked at [[Toei Animation]], long before he even thought of starting an animation studio. The project was abandoned for over half a century, and Takahata revisited it fifty-five years later, with the announcement that Takahata was developing a new project in 2008. The film was in production for eight years, and is notable for being the most expensive anime film ever produced, with a budget of five billion yen, or $49.3 million USD.
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As it turns out, Princess Kaguya ''does not'' like life as a princess and being moved away from her childhood friends. The capital is filled with people making empty promises, where Kaguya is treated like an object to be married to other than an actual, living human being. The rest of the film deals with Kaguya's internal conflict of the lifestyle pushed onto her by her parents, and her desire to return to her natural home. But something lurks in the sky, in the big white thing we call "The Moon"...
Also see ''[[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War (anime)|Kaguya-sama: Love Is War]]'', another [[Anime]] inspired by ''The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter'', although it has a completely different tone and premise.
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