Tuesday 16 August 2016

To live without constraint

The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013)

Directed by Isao Takahata this film has voice acting in it's English language version from Chloe Grace Moretz, James Caan and Mary Steenburgen. An old bamboo cutter finds a tiny girl in the forest and raises her with his wife, first in poverty and then as a rich princess.

As always Studio Ghibli deliver with a high standard of both story telling and animation. The plot basic on a classic Japanese story is good with a well tested progression that builds to an emotional end. I really enjoyed the art style especially in the more emotional moments when it is stripped right back to the minimalistic.


4/5

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