Release Date: 12/03/2014
Catalog Number: VWBS-8208

Packaged Bonus: Bonus Features
Storyboard
Recording Script
Completion of Production Press Conference
Trailer Collection
Studio Ghibli Ga Kaku Hontou no Kaguya Hime
- This work depicts the truth of the human Kaguyahime hidden in the oldest story in Japan by depicting her heart, which no one has ever known.
- Why did Princess Kaguya come to the earth and why did she return to the moon?
What was she thinking and living here? What was Princess Kaguya's crime and what was her punishment?
Under the direction of Isao Takahata, a master animator, Ghibli has assembled a team of top-class Japanese staff.
This is the most ambitious work in the history of Ghibli, and will remain in the history of animation as a completely new expression of animation.
Osamu Tanabe, a genius animator whose sketch-like lines give life to the characters (figure modeling and animation design),
Kazuo Oga (Art Director), "Ghibli's painter" who draws warm background art with light colors, and Joe Hisaishi, who composed the music for Isao Takahata's first film, participated as staff members.
The background and characters are integrated to create a completely new animation expression, as if a single picture is moving.
Deluxe Cast members gathered!
Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Nobuko Miyamoto, Junko Takahata, Isao Hashizume, Tatsuya Nakadai, and the late Takeo Jii, who made his last film, passionately plays the role of Ou.
A much-talked-about film that has been acclaimed around the world!
Theatrical release in North America, France, and Asian countries
The film has been screened at Cannes Film Festival, Annecy Film Festival, Sydney Film Festival ...and many more film festivals.
Please note that offer ends as soon as bonus stock runs out.
Please note that offer ends as soon as bonus stock runs out.

Story
In an idyllic rural setting an old bamboo cutter and his wife raise a tiny girl found nestled within a glowing bamboo stalk along with a fortune in gold. As she approaches adulthood the bamboo cutter uses the fortune to purchase a villa in the capital, buy himself a title and employ tutors to transform the country girl?now given the name Kaguya?into a refined woman. News of her beauty brings powerful and wealthy suitors who compete for her hand in marriage, culminating in a proposal from the emperor. All the while Kaguya wishes that she and her family could return to their former life and to be reunited with her sweetheart, Sutemaru. Sooner or later, though, her true origins will make their own claim upon her.

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