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.
Cast
Toshirō Mifune
Taketori-no-Miyatsuko
Ayako Wakao
Tayoshime
Yasuko Sawaguchi
Kaya, the Princess Kaguya
Koji Ishizaka
Mikado
Kiichi Nakai
Otomo-no-Dainagon or Minister of the Military
Koasa Shunpūtei
Kuramochi-no-Miko or Minister of Culture
Takatoshi Takeda
Abe-no-Udaijin or Minister of Finance
Megumi Odaka
Akeno
Kyôko Kishida
Kōgō or Empress
Crew
Kon Ichikawa
Director, Writer
Ryuzo Kikushima
Writer
Shinya Hidaka
Writer
Mitsutoshi Ishigami
Writer
Chizuko Osada
Editor
Setsuo Kobayashi
Director of Photography
Shigeaki Hazama
Executive Producer
Tomoyuki Tanaka
Executive Producer
Yasushi Mitsui
Production Supervisor
Masaru Kakutani
Producer
Hiroaki Fujii
Producer
Junichi Shinzaka
Producer
Emi Wada
Costume Design
Tetsuya Ohashi
Sound Mixer
Teiichi Saitô
Sound
Teruyoshi Nakano
Special Effects Supervisor
Kensaku Tanikawa
Original Music Composer
Shinobu Muraki
Set Decoration
Shigekazu Hirama
Production Manager
