---
title: 'Princess from the Moon (1987)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kon Ichikawa'
released: '1987-09-14'
runtime_minutes: 117
genres:
  - 'Fantasy'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/princess-from-the-moon-1987'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094100/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Princess from the Moon (1987)

1987 · 117 min · Fantasy, Science Fiction · Japan

Original title: 竹取物語

## Synopsis

Princess from the Moon  is a 1987 Japanese film directed by Kon Ichikawa. It is based on The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th-century Japanese fairy tale about a girl from the Moon who is discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)
- **Screenplay:** [Kon Ichikawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/kon-ichikawa)

## Cast

- [Kiichi Nakai](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiichi-nakai)
- [Kyōko Kishida](https://cinepixo.com/people/kyoko-kishida)
- [Megumi Odaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/megumi-odaka)
- [Jun Hamamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/jun-hamamura)
- [Yasuko Sawaguchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yasuko-sawaguchi)
- [Katsuo Nakamura](https://cinepixo.com/people/katsuo-nakamura)
- [Toshirō Mifune](https://cinepixo.com/people/toshiro-mifune)
- [Ayako Wakao](https://cinepixo.com/people/ayako-wakao)
- [Takeshi Katō](https://cinepixo.com/people/takeshi-kato)

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