Isao Takahata’s last movie, Tale of the Princess Kaguya: Review
In light of some recent sad news coming out of Japan last week, I wanted to revisit one of my favourite Isao Takahata films, which also happened to be his last directorial effort. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (2013) is a Japanese fantasy drama directed by Isao Takahata and animated by Studio Ghibli. The two-hour, 17-minute movie is based upon a 10th-century Japanese folktale named ‘The Tale of a Bamboo Cutter.’ The story follows Kaguya-Hime, a curious, wide-eyed wanderer discovered as a baby inside of an of a glowing
