If you are ready to move past the obvious favorites, these are some underrated Studio Ghibli films you should see.

The plot is basic fairy-tale fare. A baby drops from the sky and is found cradled inside a bamboo plant by a childless old woodcutter and his wife, voiced in the English-language edition by James ...

Bill Desowitz: Tell us about the importance of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter for Japanese culture and for you personally. Did you read it as a child? What resonates for you as an adult?

“Princess Kaguya” is based on a 10th century Japanese folk tale, “The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter,” that is considered perhaps that country’s oldest surviving narrative. Which is why so ...

Studio Ghibli’s latest is an adaptation of a Japanese fairy tale about an otherworldly being who comes down to earth. A rural bamboo cutter finds a tiny, glowing princess in the forest one day.

“The original Tale Of The Bamboo Cutter was a novel written around the 10th century. That story was orally transmitted, simplified, and in time became a ‘fairytale’ familiar to all Japanes ...

The bamboo cutter and the governess are determined to ... Isao Takahata may have taken his time making The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, but the wait has been more than worthwhile.

STORY: Hayao Miyazaki’s Retirement Pushes ‘The Wind Rises’ Toward $100 Million in Japan Based on the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, a 10th century tale that is credited with being one of the ...

Takahata (Grave Of The Fireflies) directed Kaguya in his helming effort in in 14 years, and the pic based on the an ancient Japanese folk story the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter played strong in Japan ...