SYNOPSIS

Based on a centuries-old traditional Japanese fairy tale, a country couple finds a baby girl in some bamboo and raises her as their own daughter. Not the same as the original tale, though, in which the girl was a fairy from the moon and was finally taken home. Instead, the film ends with the girl taken home by a spaceship.

TECHNICAL DATA

Director: Kon Ichikawa
Script: Kon Ichikawa, Shinya Hidaka.
Producer: Hiroaki Fuji
Cast: Toshiro Mifune, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Sawaguchi
Cinematography: Setsuo Kobayashi
Music: Kensaku Tanikawa
Runtime: 120 min. Color. Spanish Subtitle.