the original story of this movie is considered as the oldest Japanese literature. And it actually make the story more interesting that no one knows who made the story.

Its one of those films that you don't dare to rewatch because the climax messes with your soul and is truly heart breaking. 😔

We Japanese knows the story of the tale of the princess kaguya since we are little. We even learn this orginal story from thousands years ago in middle school. But we never think about what Kaguya really felt. Thats why it's so emotionally powerful to Japanese audience.

Is it just me or did this film make anyone else really emotional? Touched something deep inside me.

Without any doubt this is one of the best movies in history of cinema

Oscars are so unfair. This deserves the oscar

I watched this blind on an exam night after studying really hard thinking it was gonna help me stress a little less but now im completely destroyed, my heart has been broken in soo many ways that ive never thought possible. I guess ill fail my exam tomorrow

This illustrative masterpiece was nominated for an Oscar. It lost to Big Hero 6. Well, I'll never consider the Oscar as an award again.

Unironically the most underrated masterpiece of all time. The emotional parts are the best out of any ghibli movie. The art style is perfect. The characters feel real in their heart. Everything is cranked up to 12. I wish more people could see it. Definitely recommend it

I wish this won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film...

Watching this movie, my tears just kept welling up unconciously. It touched deep in so many ways. The first time she sang the song and cried, her friends asked her why and she said she didn't know. Somehow I cried too and I also didn't know why. The sound, the visual, the storytelling was just that superb

かぐや姫って色んな考察がされて色んな物語があるけど私はこれが一番好き

I'm not exactly sure why, but this story left huge scars on my soul. To be honest, I was also happy that I had forgotten this story ... What a wonderful masterpiece of emotion it can evoke in a person. (SPOILER) Especially the place where Kaguya ran back to her old village and "everything was fine" for a brief moment. That part of the movie broke me in a strange way. "I would probably have been happy with you" Please just let me go now so I can forget this story again.

the music, the art... priceless

i cried for 3 hours after watching this movie.

thanks studio ghibli for introducing the most touching movie ever. the movie leaves permanent mark on mind and heart. it takes u to another world which is beyond imagination where emotions r at its peak. while watching the climax u dont even realise that ur already helpless to accept it as it is.

Every single second of this film was absolutely pristine. This is the best Ghibli film hands down, and the best film I have ever personally watched. The only other films that I think are comparable within the scope of anime are Pom Poko and Mind Game with just how incredible they are.

This movie touched me in so many ways. Not only from the sad story, but of how relatable Kaguya is. I was also named after the goddess of the moon, and not too long ago had a dream that paralleled the events in this film. My life was really harsh growing up, and like Kaguya I loved all that life had to offer but hated it for how cruel it could be, and was always the outcast for being different. I was gifted but also cursed. I remember telling myself in my dream that I didn't want to be here anymore and just like that, my trapped soul broke free from my body and shot into the night sky. It was possibly the most memorable dream I ever had.

I've never seen animation this beautiful in my entire life. I can't believe I just watched one of the most beautiful movies ever made. I fear that nothing else will be as beautiful as this.

Since there is a lot of English in the comment section, I will speak using a translator.I'm a junior high school student in Japan, and I'm doing the Taketori story that was the basis of this movie in my Japanese language class.This story of Princess Kaguya is a very faithful and beautifully drawn movie of the original Taketori story.The video and music are amazing I saw this in class, but at the end everyone was crying.I think both Japanese and people around the world should watch this wonderful and beautiful movie.

I have no other words. Beautiful.

This movie made me cry so much omg

What a Masterpiece. It's so emotionaly powerful becouse I think everyone of us somehow can resonate with a story, deep down with our soul, even without realising how

i'm not crying Y O U ' R E C R Y I N G

Why did i cry when i watch this?

This film is Studio Ghibli's masterpiece. A beauty of history. 🥰🤧

this is the culmination of studio Ghibli's film. telling what is life.

I remember watching this as a kid and getting scared. But watching this video is making me feel warm inside... A beautiful tale.

this is so underrated... 日本人やったらみるべき映画、、、

This song is so comforting

i’ve been crying at the end because i just watched her parents and everyone look at her while she looks back at earth and lets tears out and i cry in silence watching that

this is a magnificent work, but imma put this straight to my " don't-dare-to-rewatch-coz-its-hurt" list real quick.

the movie was amazing, the end is so emotional though 😭

I'm currently rewatching all the Studio Ghibli movies + the ones I have never watched before. Yesterday was my first time watching Kaguya and honestly it's a masterpiece to me. Such a beautiful movie...

Both this tale and this movie can't avoid being touching. It's both the story of parenthood and childhood, life and death, it's so universal it'd be strange if nobody can relate in any way. This is the story of the cycle of life, Kaguya returning to the moon is, I don't think, so much signifying her death as it is signifying her parents' death, the moment where you know you're no longer an integral part of your child's life, they go off to do their own thing and you part ways, you did your best to raise her, now it's her job to go on and, you say goodbye, that moment where you realize you'll never pick your kid up again.

HELP I JUST FINISHED WATCHING IT AND I AM CRYING RN😭😭(Y'all I am actually crying)

If you watch this, get your pets, your tissues, a blanket and ice cream

It is interesting that even though this work was made into an anime 1000 years after the original story was written, it continues to captivate people.

How is this not talked about that much? It's easily the best animated movie of all time.

this is on of the best movies i have ever seen

This movie is so heartwarming yet heartbreaking :(

i recommended this film to everyone i know so it gets the recognition it deserves

Spirited Away is a closer runner-up but to me this is the best Gibli movie ever made

somehow tears will be expected

A very beautiful movie, and I adore this type of graphics and method of animation. This masterpiece is not hidden as long as it is from Studio Ghibli, but at the end of the movie, I don’t know why it left me with emptiness, coldness, and a sense of loneliness. Studio Ghibli films always give us this feeling. I wish she would stay on earth with her father and mother 😢 But a Japanese legend remains only in the movie. The story was changed slightly by the real story. It became a love story between her and the Emperor. Before she went up to the moon, she wrote a letter to the Emperor and gave him immortality, but the Emperor did not want to live forever without her. He ordered both the letter and the drug containing the elixir of immortality to be taken to the top of a mountain and burned. Since then, the mountain has been known as Fuji, which means "immortal."

A Timeless MAsterpiece

this trailer made me happy

My heart was broken i kept screaming inside my head for her to comeback omg stunning

One of the best movie of all time. Everything about this movie is beautiful. this deserve an Oscar.

This is one of the movies I know I will never watch again. I seriously cannot go through what I went through emotionally while watching this. All in all, this is a beautiful movie that people should see.

This movie is the best i've ever seen in my life. I'm a collector of the best of the best movies there is and have seen some that rocked my world. This one hitted me so much different and so much harder than any other movies ever have. This one have topped my 2 previous favorite moves " A Perfect World (1993)" and "The War (1994)" I cried during the whole session this movie lasted. It's as if there was a main story going on, but another one going on simultaneously. The second story is the purest and most impactful story of humanity i've ever witnessed. The two stories is perfectly met at the end and realized by Princess Kaguya and her parents. At that point it's too late. But nothing is ever wasted and the growth continues and life goes on. This movie will without a doubt stand the test of far time and stand as a pinnacle of 21th century cinema.

I cried like a baby. We must remember why we came to this Earth. We wanted to live and experience life, We came for the bugs, the très, the flowers. We were amaized by the magic of this place. But once We got here We focused on the things that werent going our way. One day comes, We have to live and regret all of it. Regret We didn't fully live

Director Takahata made a famous work called Heidi and Anne of Green Gables. When I think about the fact that this work is the final result of all those stories and girls' stories, I am naturally moved, and a kind of indescribable loneliness grips my heart.

the scene when her parents are begging her to stay.. and the moment she realized it was too late 😣😞☹️ I really cried my heart out

I never get emotional easily. But this movie really made me cry. The cute Princess faces still haunted me till now. What an amazing movie.

This movie is truly groundbreaking.

Toshio Suzuki gave this film the catchphrase "Crime and Punishment". "The princess's sin" is that she yearns for the earth. "The punishment for the princess" is to be sent down to the earth. To the lunar world of heaven, where everything is pure, the human world of earth, filled with human emotions, desires, and various colors, is a sin. The princess is punished by being thrown into the lower world for the sin of longing for the lower world. The princess experiences various emotions on earth as punishment, and at the end of the movie, her sin is forgiven. Happy memories, thoughts of loved ones, love and hate are all feelings and attachments. There is love, and the pain of losing it because it is important. It is a very sad classic Japanese story. Isao Takahata ordered Joe Hisaishi to write the music for the last scene of the movie. "The music must be nimble, untroubled, and yet somehow strange." That music played in the shocking last scene. The music seems joyful, but emotionless. Very scary. And maybe the emperor's long chin is a symbol of his bloated pride and arrogance.

in my opinion this might be the greatest movie ever made.

Just the final bit with her swirling in joy made me shed a tear upon watching it. Also, it's to be stressed how this is a film with a rare authentic feminine touch.

Underated movie imo. Everybody talk about Princess Mononoke or Spirited away, not enough love is show to this masterpiece

Fun fact: This movie took 8 years to make

I know this story as "Princess Moonbeam" from a radio play on the Let's Pretend radio show from the 1930s. Thanks to the amazing Studio Ghibli, I now have the correct Japanese names for the people, and a gorgeous visual. And yes, Oscar can go suck it. This should have won.

At first, I watch this as to kill my time, but I ended up crying.. I'm not an anime fan, but this story made me want to watch more Ghibli movies.. This is just my opinion, the story is beautiful yet tragic.. Because she had to accept her destiny. Despite successfully escaping from 5 noble men and the king.

ISAO TAKAHATA is the best Animation director. His animations will make effects on our minds forever.

最高アニメ、、、、、。日本を誇る竹取物語。日本人で良かった。

Watched this movie three times, i 100% recommend this movie, it has great narrative, animation, graphics and music. Even if you dont know much about the historical aspect this is a great movie to watch.

"The happiness you wished for me was hard to bear"💔

This movie left my heart broken...😭😭

I just watched the movie two minutes ago and prepare for happiness, and sadness but most of all, the ending will definitely not let you go without tears.

An author in the 9th century probably never thought their tale would be still circulated today

One of the best anime i always admire the arts and drawings of this anime

I’M SO FC*IN LOVE THIS MOVIE😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 AAAAAAA CRYINGGGGG

This movie touches us because we are all in some form this Kaguya, our soul temporarily comes down to this earth where we get to experience all kinds of things and emotions, happy and sad. Inside we know there's a place we come from, a home. Even with all the sorrow in the world, in the end there is always something you want to hold onto, but still the light calls us. That's why everyone hate the celestial "abduction" for it will come for us all. Kaguya is the meaning of life itself put together in tale! And therefore truly a masterpiece! Yet, somehow it feels more familiar to me than because I founs out I have Japanese blood and was always attracted to Heian/Nara period and samurai and poetry... what Kaguya felt like is just so relatable!

I wasn’t ready for the ending.

途中まで泣きそうになったのに最後の帝で涙引っ込んだ

my grandma used to read me the tale of princess kaguya as a kid, now i’m sobbing

Thank you so much Japanese people are the best 😭😭😭

One of the greatest film that i will never watch again because before it came out to cinema i know the story how it will end

国語で習ったかぐや姫がより一層愛おしくなったのは、この作品のおかげ

This is so nostalgic. I loved this movie when I was little🖤

A trailer has never ever brought me to tears before.

I have not seen the film yet. However, the use of such gentle colors, I can already see why people think this is a masterpiece.

They did such a good job animating kaguya.

I can't believe Big Hero 6 won the Oscars instead of this. I mean I enjoyed that too but this is a literal masterpiece

idk. this is not like the typical movie where someone died or whatnot but this terribly left a huge scar in my mind and my heart, this left me crying for an hour.

Watched it yestarday... omg, it makes me soft as a wet paper, so impressive work. Her nostalgic remembers about her village the same as mine. I'am 35 y.o. and as she I want to come in my village from my childhood, to play, to fill that when I was a little boy, when i was felt life much more than today. That time is passed away and will never happen again. This movie is a pure art. Style of visualization, music, story all parts are in my soul now. This film takes something important from your soul, but gives much more. Thank you Isao Takahata for that expirience. Defenetly, this work is one of my favorite of all time.

That damn moon............. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😔😔

SPOILER: my interpretation on this movie is all about time.. kaguya was born and raised and grew.. then she spent her time in the capital when at the end she regrets and wished she would be happier if she was with sumeteru .. i see kaguya going back to the moon symbolizing as death.. when youre dying, theres nothing you can do about it no matter how much you wish to stay.. in the middle of life, you wish to go back to the moon because of the suffering here on earth but then if the moon (afterlife) decided to get you back, youll regret it and wished to have more time.. It awoke me to spend my time here on earth on something valuable, and make me happy.. like kaguya, where she is happier living a life of poverty in the mountains than of living the ideal life of the humans.. because of this movie, i will live MY chosen life, even if it isnt the ideal life of the humans, as long as it makes me happy. because like kaguya, we may not realize we spent our time on the things that doesnt make us happy and then we have to go to the moon, (afterlife), wether we like it or not.

I just finished watching this, it's a masterpiece ! i'm crying rn ..

This movie is so heartwarming and rosy

This is one of the greatest movies ever made.

This so the first time I really looked into the story of Princess Kaguya. Well done

Give it the Best Animated Movie award...it certainly deserved it.

It is among one of those rare art styles through anyone can learn to appreciate the paintings. Yes, they do speak. Paintings speak.

the movie had an excellent message

The song makes me want to cry...

Just finish watching this, and I'm not sure how long it would take until I can forget about her suffering. Yet I don't regret it. I'm happy I watched this movie.

This films so sad😭

Pra mim esse filme é uma verdadeira pérola. Totalmente diferente do estilo que já conhecia do Studio Ghibli, cada traço, a paleta de cores, a trilha sonora, tudo é de uma delicadeza sem igual, a história sem si, nem preciso falar. Foi a primeira vez que chorei copiosamente após um filme já ter acabado, pela sensação de vazio e ao mesmo tempo de preenchimento que ele trouxe. Nunca vou me esquecer da experiência única que foi assistir esse filme. Parabéns à todos envolvidos nessa obra.

i keep rewatching this on pandemic... one of the best movie with best story and best character... also... kaguya is one of the most sweetest pure character i could ever find... and that makes the ending even more heartbreaking.... she is both sweet and strong girl... 💪😭