Taketori monogatari (1987)

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Siskoid
Princess from the Moon is the live action version the The Tale of Princess Kaguya, or at least, is based on the same folk tale. The later anime is a standard Kon Ichikawa's 1987 film can't hope to attain, as it's a masterpiece, but it has beautiful cinematography and charms of its own. It shows its 80s-ness in the thankfully rare special effects and the terrible pop tune over the end credits, but otherwise, has a timeless, fairy tale look. Until you get to the sci-fi twist in which the gods are replaced with aliens, that is. If it had been just a TOUCH more ambiguous, it would have worked. A modern audience could have taken the talk of people and ships as anything. The "moon" could have been a magical or alien place. But the sight of a Spielbergian flying saucer, very definitely technology, gives too definitive and jarring an answer. Well, one man's science is another man's magic, right? It's not that big a problem, but I did find it both unnecessary and silly to make that change no matter how "hot" sci-fi was at the time. 4 years 11 months ago
CorPse
A weird and sometimes wonderful mix of fairy tale and science fiction. Even includes a surprise Peter Cetera track over the end credits. 6 years 10 months ago
ermi
It's a shame that only 13 people have checked this. This is a beautiful film. 9 years 7 months ago