The Tale of Princess Kaguya 2013 Watch Free in HD

The movie tells the story of a bamboo cutter who finds a miniature girl and takes her home to his wife so they can bring her up as their own daughter. The 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.

Genre:

Drama, Animation, Fantasy

Actors:

Chloë Grace Moretz, James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Darren Criss, Lucy Liu, Beau Bridges, James Marsden, Oliver Platt, Hynden Walch, Dean Cain, Daniel Dae Kim, ...»

Director:

Isao Takahata

Country:

Japan, United States

Release:

2013

IMDb:

8.0

Quality:

Duration:

137 min

Chicago Reader

One can only hope Ghibli maintains a creative standard as high as his.

December 04, 2014

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Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Flurries of expressiveness swirl into subtle shifts in style; it's these fiercely elemental illustrations of one girl's forbearance, defiance and longing which mark Takahata's The Tale of The Princess Kaguya as Studio Ghibli's fourth masterpiece.

May 25, 2015

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Projected Figures

Takahata brings his own feminist spin to Kaguya's coming of age, showing how this child of nature is repeatedly kept from happiness by the forces of patriarchy.

January 26, 2017

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Chicago Sun-Times

It's the beautiful and breathtaking animation that gives The Tale of the Princess Kaguya a luster that is both simple and sophisticated.

December 04, 2014

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Today's Zaman (Turkey)

There exists a compelling experiential satisfaction of the closure of a mythical character journey full of ebbs and flows, complexities and emotional introspection, all expressed fully in the compassionate drawings of director Isao Takahata.

February 29, 2016

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Boston Globe

If there's a message here about the foolhardiness of parental expectations, it fades away in the face of the film's rapturous visuals.

November 13, 2014

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El Pais (Spain)

A mezmerizing display of impresionist animation. [Full review in Spanish]

March 18, 2016

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Chicago Tribune

What makes "Princess Kaguya" stick in emotional terms? Its depiction of an extraordinary girl, learning for herself that a life without real joy and spontaneity is only a shadow of a life.

December 04, 2014

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Christian Science Monitor

This delicate, hand-drawn marvel is lyrical and heartbreaking in ways that most live-action movies never approach.

November 24, 2014

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Fan The Fire

A hauntingly mesmeric masterpiece that creeps beneath the skin and truly transports the viewer into an enchanting world of myth and magic.

April 09, 2015

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The Film Stage

In an era where anime films seem to blend into each other aesthetically, Takahata's impressions seems marvelously alive - its modesty in images makes them feel as if they're being created before our very eyes.

June 06, 2016

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Time Out

Plays out as a wistful, slow-burning romance, underscored with a streak of social satire and animated in exquisitely subtle pastels and watercolours.

March 17, 2015

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