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PRINCESS FROM THE MOON

Make way!

Make way!

Make way!

Make way for the high priest!

Hurry!

Anyone in the way...

grind them into the ground!

Vermin!

Hurry!

Taketori.

It's Uda, the merchant.

I'm here to buy your goods.

Hey! Anybody home?

Unlocked?

Hello, Taketori's wife.

Go home.

As you can see, I've got nothing to sell.

But I...

So you're here.

What's wrong?

Your wife sent me away.

What happened?

We lost our daughter yesterday.

What? Your pretty daughter, Kaya?

She fell sick and died quickly.

How old?

Five.

You must be discouraged.

But I hope you'll work again soon.

Your bamboo ware and her cloth...

They both sell well in town.

Then pay us more.

I'll be back.

What are you doing?

Why?

Why did Kaya die?

Because we have little money?

Forget it.

Blaming poverty won't console us.

We couldn't afford a doctor.

How can I forget it?

I had her when I almost gave up.

I wish I died with her.

Eat something.

You haven't eaten since yesterday.

Why couldn't it have been me instead?

Still grieving!

It won't bring her back alive.

Give it up.

Get out of here!

It's the bamboo forest.

Something's burning.

Kaya's grave is there.

I can't let it be burned.

Wait. You can't go now.

And I can't lose the bamboo woods.

I'd lose my livelihood.

Kaya.

You've saved the bamboo.

Thanks.

A baby?

But it's strange.

Can I leave it here?

Hard luck.

Anyway, I'll take you home.

The village master will rear you.

We're too poor to do it.

What? It's warm!

Stop squirming!

Where is it?

Kaya!

So many trees burned down!

Was this the reason?

How was this made?

Something's been burning.

How strange.

Kaya?

Kaya?

Kaya!

Kaya!

My daughter! You're back!

Wait.

Listen.

I found a baby in the woods.

It was in this cradle.

I was shocked.

It grew quickly into a girl.

Here she is.

Are you listening?

Isn't it strange?

But she's none other than Kaya.

You're wrong.

Her eyes...

Blue eyes.

Kaya's were dark.

You see?

She has a ball.

A crystal ball.

She keeps it.

Look.

She must be heaven's gift to console our deep sorrow.

So you brought her here.

Let's adopt her.

We don't know her.

Kaya!

Blue eyes!

A ghost!

Kaya's ghost!

Blue eyes!

You're laughing at us.

Take that!

She hurt my son's head.

She let go of my game.

I'm sorry. Please forgive her.

Some evil spirit got into her.

Her eyes turned blue.

Maybe she set fire to the shrine.

You must keep your eyes on her.

One more incident will finish you.

That's right!

Right.

Day in day out I say I'm sorry.

They believe she's our real child.

We're doing all right, aren't we?

They blame Kaya for everything.

Why, you think so, too?

I'm glad.

Your father knows you're innocent.

Father? Me?

No. I didn't adopt her.

Only you think she's your child.

Nonsense!

Your affection for her is unusual.

Maybe so it is, as you say.

But I want to believe she's mine.

Please let me.

Trash, isn't it?

A bamboo maker found it.

It's part of a container.

He wants to sell it, but...

I don't think it's of any value.

Look.

See the sun.

What colour?

It's green.

It proves it's gold.

Not for cheap chasers like me.

It's pure gold.

Sold?

Hands.

Your hands.

Both of them.

Careful.

Listen.

This is just between you and me.

A secret.

Do you have anymore?

Give me that!

Where is it? Give it to me!

Where is what?

The cradle I found Kaya in.

You threw it away with the trash.

Here it is!

Here it is!

I've got it.

Listen. This is gold. Pure gold!

With this, we'll be poor no more.

I don't understand.

It's Kaya's.

Ours!

We're rearing the girl heaven sent.

So this is heaven's gift for us.

Your majesty.

I took my time to check something...

before I discuss it here today.

So I'm late.

Let's discuss it later.

I understand, Councillor Ohtomo.

Take your seat.

We've been hearing the report about the strange incident...

that happened the other night.

Resume your report.

Continue.

The ground around the big hollow...

was scorched as if hundreds of...

thunderbolts hit it all at once.

A moment before the disaster...

a big fireball was seen...

flying across the sky to the hill...

at an amazing speed.

Some villagers saw it.

The report was made by a spy who is working for the court.

He's there.

Prince as chief of the library...

you're learned.

Does any book of yours tell us...

about such a disaster?

No. Well...

I'll have it checked.

You don't know?

You seem to prefer girls to books.

No wonder.

Abe, you take things for granted.

I'm modest.

I don't like to brag.

What do you say, Reverend?

This incident is serious.

So is the matter I'm checking.

I found some unknown gold in town.

Gold?

Raise the curtain.

Tell me more.

Yes.

I took the gold to our mint...

for close examination.

And they found this:

It's extremely pure gold.

No mine in our country can...

produce gold of such quality.

I don't think we can overlook it.

Reverend Doson?

Somebody came from a foreign land in secret.

I don't hunger for gold.

But it determines a nation's fate.

Sometimes it disturbs the reign.

We must find where it came from...

and confiscate all of it.

Weaving threads of various colours...

is a new trick to me.

I've brought blue cloth today.

Very good.

A certain nobleman ordered it.

Well, then...

there you go.

Thank you for giving me the job.

You're great. I admire you.

Your man either idles or drinks.

We must work as long as we live.

By the way...

Tell me something.

About the thing...

how much do you have?

He gives me only a little at a time.

I know nothing about it.

So you're in here?

You sold your cloth?

I told you not to.

We don't have to work anymore.

No more shady deals with Uda.

But you wanted money.

If it's clean.

Oh, I'm sorry!

The wrong place.

Come on, let's go.

Excuse us.

Strange.

It looks like our house.

Still drunk?

I'm Kaya.

What?

Are you Kaya?

So it's Kaya!

Yes.

Nonsense!

Now you're speaking!

Your eyes are dark.

She has the image of little Kaya.

It's Kaya.

How can you be so simple?

As I thought, she isn't normal.

She's growing up fast, that's all.

I like that.

She was a baby when I found her.

Now she's...

She doesn't know why.

Do you, Kaya?

No.

Nor where you came from?

No.

I don't understand.

How could she grow up so fast?

I believe this is divine grace.

Heaven gave us a girl.

Now she's big and beautiful.

I'm so happy to have her.

Thank you so much.

Aren't you going to work?

How long must you spy on others?

Ask for a transfer.

Why?

No promotions.

This time I'll get one.

I'll be a courtier at the palace.

You won't have to work like that.

Hey!

If it isn't Fujiwara! Welcome!

I've been so busy I couldn't come.

You're to blame.

You exaggerate things.

A big hollow was made.

And you reported it as a disaster.

But it was extraordinary.

It has some connection with...

the gold discussed at the court.

- What? - Listen.

I found a seemingly humble man...

spending a lot at the market.

I followed him.

He lived near the big hollow.

Coincidence.

Good spies like me know better.

He had a graceful, pretty daughter,

a rare asset of the village.

Her beauty was even mysterious.

Then...

During the period I watched his house...

all his family suddenly moved away.

I don't know where to.

They bother me.

Who?

Those men who want to see Kaya.

I can't sleep.

They're all around this house.

Neither Kaya or I mind them.

You don't have to work anymore.

Why do you think we came here...

far from the village?

Kaya grew up fast; we grew rich.

We must divert suspicion from us.

There's another reason.

The noblemen and rich men in town...

have their country houses here.

So what?

Can't you see?

Kaya is beautiful.

We must find her a nice groom.

A groom?!

Of course!

If she marries a nobleman...

we'll be respected as her parents.

Kaya's not an ordinary girl.

It's our duty to make her happy.

That's a very selfish idea.

But if you think of her happiness...

you must notice how she behaves.

Huh?

What do you mean?

She always has that crystal ball.

Wha...?

She gazes into it all day long. It's quite unusual.

I'm not here on business today.

We have a poor harvest this year.

Please reduce the tax.

I said I'm not here on business.

It's about the girl.

Yes, yes. I hear she's beautiful.

They say her beauty is heavenly.

She looks so to peasants.

How will she look to me?

Take me to her house.

Who is that girl?

She works here nursing the baby.

Akeno, excuse yourself.

I'll take some flowers to her.

Hey, woman. Pick some flowers for me.

Three red and two yellow.

Minister, she's blind.

Eh? Blind?

Can she work?

The baby seems to love her.

She's an orphan. No relatives.

How can you tell?

By the smell.

Simple water.

Oh, I didn't expect you here.

Have you come to check some books?

What are you checking, minister?.

Please wait a while.

You're trying to outwit me.

I knew you'd come here, too.

Have you seen the girl?

Not yet.

She's said to look beautiful.

If she is, what will you do?

You're a married man.

What will you do?

Our parents chose our wives...

for their own reasons.

We can divorce them.

But a rumor is a rumor.

Maybe she's a homely country girl.

This is Kaya, my daughter.

Watch out!

Get back!

Wait!

What are you doing?

Looking for my stick.

This?

Thank you...

Your hands! They're cold!

Why not pick it up?

I'm blind.

Blind? What do you mean?

You don't know what "blind" means?

Your name?

Kaya.

So you're the new girl here.

Where are you from?

Where were you born?

I don't know.

Very funny!

I mean it.

That's what I want to know.

You have parents?

Yes.

You're strange.

You're not an ordinary girl.

There's an old Chinese book...

about a girl who worked miracles.

I know well about books.

My father was a doctor.

What are your parents like?

They passed away.

Dead.

I must be going. I'm on an errand.

Can we meet again?

My name is Akeno.

It means "a field at dawn."

Empress, here's my poem.

Your poem?

A hymn to the feminine charm?

Read it.

It's all about a very beautiful girl.

Her celestial beauty deserves

The name of Kaguya, a shining lady.

Please listen to mine.

The spring breeze brings me

Melancholy, because of Kaguya.

Similar poems.

A coincidence!

Who's Kaguya?

A girl called Kaya.

I call her Kaguya, meaning shining Lady.

So you both are in love with her?

She must be very special.

And she's rich.

Men are talking about her.

A humble girl.

No good.

I formally asked her to marry me.

Not only you.

I proposed to her, too.

You sound serious this time.

So she infatuates all men.

Make way for us!

We were turning the corner!

Get a move on!

What's happened?

- That cart has us blocked. - Your fault!

Who do you think our master is?

We're stuck here.

Wait.

I'm in a hurry.

Pull your cart aside.

Then make your servants help us.

Mother!

Mother!

The ball shone.

What? Shone?

It isn't shining.

Only for a moment.

Did it happen before?

No.

You imagined it.

No. It really shone.

Kaya.

You care about the ball because...

you think...

it can tell you where you come from.

Right?

Have you found out who you are?

No.

We're now parents and daughter.

We're living together.

Please forget about your birth.

Please do.

She worries about you so much.

You'd better forget the ball.

I know you come here often.

This is not where you were found...

but I understand how you feel.

I'm sorry about the crystal ball.

That's all right.

You consider me your real child.

I'm really grateful.

But I want to know what I am.

You are my child.

What else?

You mustn't say you're not my real child.

Excuse me, but do you remember me?

You can't forget me...

because you were so angry.

I helped you get your cart going again...

but you left without a word.

It was easy to find your house.

I went to your gate...

but I dared not enter.

I can no longer hold myself back.

So I have taken a chance.

I'm Kaya's mother.

Oh, I didn't see you.

I'm Ohtomo.

You didn't tell me you met him.

Why?

I'd like to marry her.

I decided when I first met her.

I know there are other suitors, but...

I propose to you.

Excuse me.

Will you tell me what to do?

About getting married?

I must accept one of the suitors.

They say men prosper by marriage.

But I...

I see.

You're not an ordinary girl.

Still, a girl is a girl.

People marry for love, don't they?

You want the love of one of them?

I can't see if he really loves me.

Nobody can. There's no way.

But you can test their sincerity.

You want to know more about them?

Then put them to a test.

How?

It is an honor to have you here.

I highly appreciate your kindness.

I told my daughter to choose one...

of the three men who proposed.

She said it was difficult to say...

who was better than whom.

She'll marry the one...

who gives her what she wants.

That's a good idea.

Whatever she wants, just ask.

I'll be delighted to bring it.

There's nothing I can't get.

Name it, and you'll receive it.

Now, Kaya, tell them.

There are three objects.

One is a tree that yields diamonds...

with a gold trunk and...

silver roots, on Paradise Island.

Another is the Fire Rat Fleece...

of the golden rats that live...

in a volcano in China.

The other is on the head of

a dragon in the Indian Ocean:

The Dragon's Jewel.

Choose one for each, please.

They're all known as unreachable.

They're described in books.

But nobody has actually seem them.

A difficult task!

Thousands of powerful men have...

sought these treasures in vain.

Anyone who has even one of them...

will become immortal, so they say.

That's what I heard.

Immortality is man's eternal wish.

I don't think I deserve them.

You can refuse.

No, no, no! I'm not saying I refuse.

I already chose the Treasure Tree.

You're sly.

Why?

You've chosen the easiest.

The first to choose gets the best.

But I must go to the China Sea.

Then I'll search China...

for the Fire Rat Fleece.

Councillor.

You haven't spoken of your choice.

Is it too much for you?

The Dragon's Jewel is for me?

Then I'll go to India.

I never thought she'd ask you...

to do such difficult tasks.

None can accomplish them.

You must refuse for your own good.

She spoke out, and we accepted.

A real man won't back out.

This is a map of Paradise Island.

I have a plan.

Fusamori.

I have an idea.

Here's the money for the fleece, and...

To the south!

To the south!

Where is the councillor's ship?

That's what I'm thinking.

I opposed your marriage at first.

But not now.

The councillor is brave enough.

I trust he'll make you happy.

Yes.

Mother, I'm so happy at this moment.

So am I.

I know this is folly!

There aren't any dragons!

They're visions yielded by fear!

But now a dragon is calling me!

Because...

I have the dragon in my soul.

I risk my life in this vain search...

for the sake of Kaguya!

And I have no regrets!

Minister Abe, the prince and...

the councillor are all on leave.

It's not that we need them...

but their absence is unusual.

Strange...

Love sickness has affected them.

Tell His Majesty about the girl who steals young men's hearts.

What girl?

It's nothing, Your Majesty.

The empress has meant something.

Is she pretty?

Yes, as far as I know...

her beauty is heavenly.

I want to see her.

Summon her.

Kaya.

You've changed.

You neither talk nor eat.

You sigh, looking up at the moon.

What's wrong?

Kaya, what's happened?

Don't watch the moon.

Did the crystal ball shine again?

It did?

You told us before. Why not now?

Because...

Because what?

Kaya, you know who you are?

Kaya!

Is that so? Where are you from?

The moon?

The moon?!

This ball tells me...

the voices from my country.

You can't hear the voices.

No one but me.

What did they say?

We were moving in the sky...

when our ship had trouble...

and caught fire.

We each had a crystal ball and...

got into emergency containers.

Only my container was jettisoned.

Only I survived.

The ship crashed and burned.

Our people looked for survivors...

for a long time.

Finally they found the sole survivor...

me.

I was given everything...

necessary to live here.

That was all that they said.

I can't believe it. Incredible.

So you know the truth. I'm glad.

But I was afraid to tell you...

It would make you sad.

That explains your beauty.

She's a princess from the moon.

But, now that I know who I am...

I feel more sad than happy. Why?

Because now we're really your parents and you're our daughter.

Then I can stay with you?

Of course.

From the moon?

Impossible!

What?

She refused to come?

Yes.

I visited her ten times, but...

No, even if the emperor wants me.

Outrageous!

How can anyone refuse my summons!

If he wants to punish me...

just do it.

She's not afraid, because...

she's not ordinary.

The realization changed her.

You might die.

So what?

Her beauty amazes me, but...

so does her stubbornness.

Summon her father.

Will I be beheaded for Kaya?

I don't know.

Emperor, you've never known this:

Your orders ignored...

your pride hurt...

you're angry.

But all the more attracted to her.

That's right.

I think she's extraordinary.

Evil women can bring disaster.

All right. I have an idea.

Taketori the bamboo ware maker.

Yes.

You live at the foot of the hill?

Yes.

I'll hunt there. I'll be thirsty. I'll need your daughter's assistance.

Yes.

Are you Kaguya?

This is my daughter.

Why refuse my summons?

Please let me speak for her.

It's not that she refused you.

Three noblemen proposed to her.

- She plans to marry one of them. - So I heard.

They left without my permission.

You think they're sincere enough to get the treasures for you?

One is.

Who?

I won't say.

Lower the sails!

Lower the sails!

Hurry!

A dragon!

The bows!

Hurry!

Harpoons!

Prince, show us your treasure.

It is my greatest pleasure...

to show you this prize.

Please listen.

My adventure began with the voyage...

into the raging China Sea.

We ran out of food...

suffering from disease...

and finally found Paradise Island.

The ground, covered with flowers...

rivers of gold and silver...

bridges of jewels...

and beyond were shining trees.

They were the Treasure Trees.

Look, here's one.

I risked my life for it.

Now, will you accept my proposal?

Prince, do you know this man?

He's a famous goldsmith.

He made the fake Treasure Tree...

for the prince, but...

the prince hasn't paid him.

Please pay me, prince.

The diamond nuts of the tree...

will never fall, so they say.

Fujiwara, try.

Yes.

Prince.

Anything to say?

Minister, show us your treasure.

Show it to us.

I went to China...

and met a priest...

who had the Fire Rat Fleece.

I spent several months in his service...

and donated a temple to him.

Thus I got the Fire Rat Fleece.

The fleece doesn't burn in fire.

So it's a symbol of immortality.

Let me prove it.

It's burning...!

Here's your retainer, minister!

Fusamori!

It burned!

What?!

You paid a lot to the merchant?

Yes, sir.

You were cheated!

You lost a fortune for it!

You'll be punished for this.

You're going to prison!

Kaguya.

Men trade sincerity for an easy life.

I was right.

Now you can give them up.

There's another.

He's no different.

I trust him.

Kaya.

It's me, Akeno.

Control yourself.

The councillor is dead.

No.

The report came to the ship owner.

Who are you?

Later.

No. You came in abruptly.

Kaya fainted.

Eh?

I've looked for you.

The news must have shocked you.

The blind girl told me.

The councillor died in India.

Your prayer was wasted.

He was honest and sincere.

No hardships could stop him.

But Kaya, don't give up too soon.

It may not be true.

Mother!

I must leave you!

The next time the moon is full...

a ship will come for me.

The ball told you?

That's cruel!

You were so little when you came.

We've reared you, and suddenly

they want you back.

The councillor's death is enough.

No more sad news.

Too much!

Listen.

You must have parents on the moon...

but now we're your parents here.

They can't take you from us.

I'll never let them take you away.

What?

Men can't stop our spaceship.

Weapons mean nothing to it.

Doors and locks are useless.

What'll become of you back home?

I don't know.

Mother, I don't want to go back.

I'm afraid! I don't want to go!

I'd rather die than let you go!

What's noble about them?

They're base at heart.

I'll have nothing more to do with them!

Look! How clean and fresh the bamboo is!

I missed this smell.

I'll make bamboo ware again.

What is it? What's Kaya doing?

She's sad.

Can't we do something?

If only money can help.

I could get doctors and medicine.

But... we can't do anything.

You'll just let them take her away?

I can't lose her.

Me neither!

Her joy and sorrow are mine now.

I feel I'm her real father.

Maybe... if the ball were gone...

The disaster and the gold...

They lead to one person...

the bamboo ware maker's daughter.

Besides, she came from the moon...

Wait.

Raise the curtain.

What did you say?

Yes.

She's not an ordinary girl.

She came from the moon.

So did the mysterious gold.

When they reached this earth...

- the disaster happened. - Idiot!

You think I'm a fool?

What can come from the moon?

Ridiculous!

You're discharged.

Banished!

I told you not to tell him.

How could you think up such a lie?

I can't help you.

I told him a lie? No!

You don't know anything.

I saw it with my own eyes.

Unbelievable things are happening.

You'll be surprised.

I'll have the last laugh.

There's the prince's cart.

He's supposed to be in prison.

Thank you for coming.

What is it?

Return quickly, or I'll be punished.

You're unfriendly.

You still interested in Kaguya?

That's the point.

The councillor is coming back.

Eh?

A foreign ship is to bring him home.

He'll reach the shore at Akashi.

Did he get his treasure?

What if he did?

Can we just sit and wait for him?

I don't like it.

Do you know who I am?

It's you, Rise!

You saved my life. Thank you.

No. You saved me.

Who sent the assassins?

Minister Abe and the prince.

What?! Why?

Because of Kaguya.

But you don't know anything...

Not the truth about her.

The truth?

So it's true she's from the moon?

Yes.

But how do you know?

You threw the crystal ball away...

to cut her ties with the moon.

I'll have no secrets from you.

Did it make her lose her senses?

The ball emitted sound and light?

Yes.

They were voices and...

something to support her senses.

I was thoughtless.

I can't let her stay senseless.

She must have the ball back.

Are you awake?

You're back safely.

I found the dragon.

No one believes me.

So be it.

I believe you.

But what I really wanted...

wasn't the Dragon's Jewel.

I prayed for your safe return.

But I...

I know you came from the moon.

And you'll return when it's full.

You know that?

Your mother told me.

Must you return?

Then I'll go with you.

You can't live on the moon.

It's cruel.

Where to?

Let go!

Let go!

I want to die!

I want to die where you are!

You mustn't die.

Wherever you may be...

you'll be my wife.

I was afraid you were angry.

I appreciate your tolerance.

I apologize for my long absences, and...

Nevermind that.

You believe the story that Kaguya came from the moon?

Yes.

Why?

My heart told me it was true.

I've always trusted you as my chief councillor.

But where she's concerned...

you're a dreamer.

I only believe facts, Emperor.

Allow me to marry her.

Stop being a fool!

You believe she's from the moon?

Yet you marry her? Ridiculous!

Why not?

And she's returning to the moon?

What will you do?

Accompany her?

Absurd!

Be reasonable.

I can't believe that anyone...

from the moon lives on the Earth.

I'm supposed to rule this country.

How can I let that happen?

If someone comes from the moon...

to take her home...

which will never happen...

then I'll show my strength.,

I'll never let them have her.

I'll stop them!

From the moon?

How strange!

I can't believe it.

Don't let the rumor disturb you!

We'll defend the town!

When the moon is full again...

don't go out after dark!

Understand?!

And the moon is full again...

Tajihi, come here!

Post men on the roof!

Post more at the rear!

Guard the fence around the house!

Open the gate!

Men on the roof!

Shoot anything that comes!

Who will come for her?

I'll pull him down by the hair.

The moon has risen.

The full moon.

What was that?

It's normal again.

What's that light?

Is that it?

What's that?

Get bows and arrows!

Shoot it down!

Don't shoot!

They aren't attacking us! Stop!

Don't interfere!

That light is dangerous.

The heat will burn the town.

Shoot!

Don't!

Stop!

They can't reach it.

They're burning!

Stop!

Run away!

You've been so kind to me.

I'm sad to leave you...

without returning the favor.

Father.

Mother.

Thank you for rearing me.

Thank you very much.

Father, please be nice to Mother.

Please.

Kaya is talking.

Say something to her.

I'll never forget man's sincerity.

Goodbye.

Kaya!

Take me with you!

Look out! The light can kill you!

Who cares? Let me go!

Kaya!

Now...

Laugh at the courtiers.

What do people get up to?

So that's the moon.

Have we been dreaming?

Everything in life has an end.

It's only natural.

Is it all a vision we see...

only in a dream?

No, it's real.

Men must learn there is something more than their imagination.

Kaguya, someday we'll meet again.

It happened about 790 A.D.

Exec. Producers TOMOYUKI TANAKA & SHIGEAKI HAZAMA

Costumes by EMI WADA

English Translation by TADASHI SHISHIDO

Special Effects by TERUYOSHI NAKADO

Starring

YASUKO SAWAGUCHI

KIICHI NAKAI

KOJI ISHIZAKA

AYAKO WAKAO

TOSHIRO MIFUNE

Directed by KON ICHIKAWA

THE END