2013 ‘かぐや姫の物語’ Directed by Isao Takahata
Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter and his wife, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime.
Studio Ghibli Hakuhodo DY Media Partners KDDI Mitsubishi Shoji Nippon Television Network Corporation TOHO T2 Studio
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top tier Ghibli. Takahata's devastatingly great watercolor and charcoal folklore feels at once both ancient and alive. a little bit of flab in the middle (though it suits the fable-esque nature), but the last 20 minutes make up for the screechy first 20 and any pockets of trouble in between. and omg that scene where she runs away from the palace and the image practically decomposes.
This movie is pure beauty. The scene where she runs away in the middle of the night is one of the most stunning pieces of animation I have seen in my entire life. Perfect from beginning to end.
"Indeed, I must say that melody was quite out of this world."
The kind of gorgeous and mystical film that I imagine Tarkovsky himself would enjoy and admire if he was able to experience 21st century cinema. One of the most delightful, kind and stunningly animated films that I have... ever seen. Ever, seriously. All of the great filmmakers out there should be proud of Isao Takahata for making films like these, films about the right kinds of things, films that are proof there is more beauty and love in this world than evil and darkness. Take your children, even if they have to see it dubbed; this movie is truly something special, something that means... something.
Delicately intimate and ravishingly grand; The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is beyond words in its beauty and its deliberate majesty. Every frame of vital animation conjures up feelings that are both tangible and fully realized, delving into a story of family, regret, and respect. The story leaps off the screen, bringing multi-layered characters to life in a sweeping fashion, commenting on both the world in which we live in and the endless details that culminate into a thriving environment. The film feels alive and pure, evoking childhood and adolescence in an undiluted way that can only be described as magical.
Saying anymore than that wouldn't be doing any justice to Isao Takahata's startling vision, as the film is a…
"All this happiness that you wished for me has been very hard to bear."
An absolute knockout of a film. Beautiful to the extent that I got chills at multiple points just from the images alone. Every frame feels so lovingly drawn, and the details in the character's eyes just make their emotions feel all the more real. "The Tale of" is an essential part of this title, as the film very much feels like a tale as old as time unfolding in front of your very eyes. Magical.
RIP Isao Takahata, 1935 - 2018.
Isao Takahata is a titan of animation and one of the finest film directors to have ever lived. His work is deeply, humbly human, giving a wide spectrum of characters values, dignity, and worth. Like few others, he emphasised real human struggles in his films, focusing on the mundane, the trivial, and the minor. His chosen medium, animation, is not usually associated with humanity over fantasy but Takahata made it so. He used animation to reduce moments in time to expressionistic, emotional versions of reality. He told stories that could be made conventionally, but by turning them into meticulous animations, he brought out their rawest potential. There is no acting, no pretence, just hand-drawn…
maybe words will come to me later. for now, am still trying to put the pieces of my heart together. film of the year though.
