Kaguyahime no monogatari

A bamboo cutter discovers a miniature girl, raises her as his daughter, but she longs for her old life, eventually realizing she is from the Moon and returns, leaving behind her memories of Earth. Kaguyahime no monogatari is a 2013 Japanese Japanese-language Animation Adventure film featuring Aki Asakura, Kengo Kora, Takeo Chii, Nobuko Miyamoto, Kengo Kôra, Atsuko Takahata and David Zyler. The movie is inspired from The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Studio Ghibli was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Yoshiaki Nishimura. The movie is directed by Isao Takahata. Toho acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Kaguyahime no monogatari was released on 23rd November 2013 and takes a screen time of 137 minutes. Kaguyahime no monogatari was made on a budget of ¥5 billion and at the box office it grossed only $27 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Isao Takahata and Riko Sakaguchi. Cinematography was done by Keisuke Nakamura and editing by Toshihiko Kojima. The music was composed by Joe Hisaishi.