The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

“Emotions and moods are anchored to specific moments of stillness, and we feel them all the more intensely because of it.”

Robbie Collin, The Telegraph · 100

“It’s a lovely piece of work.”

Leslie Felperin, The Hollywood Reporter · 100

“A devastating and deceptively simple tale adapted from 10th-century folklore, Isao Takahata’s The Tale Of Princess Kaguya distills a millennium of Japanese storytelling into a timeless film that feels both ancient and alive in equal measure.”

David Ehrlich, The A.V. Club · 100

“The Tale of Princess Kaguya is both very simple and head-spinningly confounding, a thing of endless visual beauty that seems to partake in a kind of pictorial minimalism but finds staggering possibilities for beautiful variation within its ineluctable modality. It’s a true work of art.”

Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com · 100

“The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is a marvel of Japanese animation, a hand-drawn, painterly epic that submerges us in a world of beauty.”