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Princess from the Moon

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Princess from the Moon

2h 1 min

1987

Japan

6.3

Based on a traditional Japanese fairy tale, a peasant couple finds a girl in a bamboo shoot and raises her as their own daughter. When the girl grows up, she must decide whether to return to her world or accept a man's love.

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Cast

Toshirô Mifune

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Taketori-no-Miyatsuko

Ayako Wakao

Ayako Wakao

Tayoshime

Yasuko Sawaguchi

Yasuko Sawaguchi

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Kôji Ishizaka

Mikado

Kiichi Nakai

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Koasa Shunpûtei

Kuramochi-no-Miko or Minister of Culture

Takatoshi Takeda

Abe-no-Udaijin or Minister of Finance

Megumi Odaka

Megumi Odaka

Akeno

Katsuo Nakamura

Katsuo Nakamura

Lise

Shirô Itô

Shirô Itô

Sojo-no-Doson