Princess from the Moon

Synopsis

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.

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Key crew

• Kon IchikawaDirector
• Shinya HidakaWriter
• Kon IchikawaWriter
• Mitsutoshi IshigamiWriter
• Ryuzo KikushimaWriter
• Kensaku TanikawaOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Toshirō MifuneTaketori-no-Miyatsuko
• Ayako WakaoTayoshime
• Yasuko SawaguchiKaya, the Princess Kaguya
• Koji IshizakaMikado
• Kiichi NakaiOtomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
• Koasa ShunpūteiKuramochi-no-Miko or Minister of Culture
• Takatoshi TakedaAbe-no-Udaijin or Minister of Finance
• Megumi OdakaAkeno
• Kyôko KishidaKōgō or Empress

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