Princess from the Moon (1987)
Two poor, married farmers have recently lost their only child; after a freak visitation, they pry open an alien cocoon to greet their new daughter.
Director: Kon Ichikawa
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Toshirō Mifune as Taketori-no-Miyatsuko |
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Ayako Wakao as Tayoshime |
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Yasuko Sawaguchi as Kaya, the Princess Kaguya |
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Koji Ishizaka as Mikado |
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Kiichi Nakai as Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military |
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Koasa Shunpūtei as Kuramochi-no-Miko or Minister of Culture |
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Takatoshi Takeda as Abe-no-Udaijin or Minister of Finance |
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Megumi Odaka as Akeno |
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Kyôko Kishida as Kōgō or Empress |
| Writing | Shinya Hidaka | Writer |
| Directing | Kon Ichikawa | Director |
| Writing | Kon Ichikawa | Writer |
| Writing | Mitsutoshi Ishigami | Writer |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Writer |
| Visual Effects | Teruyoshi Nakano | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Production | Masaru Kakutani | Producer |
| Production | Hiroaki Fujii | Producer |
| Production | Yasushi Mitsui | Production Supervisor |
| Production | Shigeaki Hazama | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Kensaku Tanikawa | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Shigekazu Hirama | Production Manager |
| Camera | Setsuo Kobayashi | Director of Photography |
| Production | Tomoyuki Tanaka | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Chizuko Osada | Editor |
| Art | Shinobu Muraki | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emi Wada | Costume Design |
| Sound | Teiichi Saitô | Sound |
| Sound | Tetsuya Ohashi | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Junichi Shinzaka | Producer |
| Sound | Peter Cetera | Theme Song Performance |