[Mesnick]

I recently watched "Taketori Monogatari" or "Princess from the Moon" - Toho's version of the 1987 Kaguya Hime story:

The film is made in the style: "What if this would actually happen?" Kaguya is clearly an alien here and all frankly fabulous elements are replaced with sci-fi ones. Actually, in childhood, the silent main character with bright blue eyes is more like a character of a horror than a future fairy-tale beauty:

And they tried to give depth to other characters, while not changing their role in the original legend. For example, the old man Taketori, played by Toshiro Mifune, is a kind loving father, but also a very greedy and conceited person, sometimes cruel even towards his family. But, despite this, the fabulous atmosphere is still felt because of the beautiful costumes and sublime speeches. And even if the special effects are outdated, and the decision to make the aliens glowing puppets in spacesuits and kimonos was controversial even for the late 80s, it's still a beautiful and high-quality movie. You can watch it when you want to be transported for a few hours to distant fabulous times that never existed, but in which so strongly want to believe.