The Moonbeam Princess (1961)

[@dreamsofparis5535]

Thank you for this. I am deeply fond of Asian mythology and the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter or the Tale of Kaguya-hime is one of my favorite stories. I actually love the use of puppets and colored paper for the backgrounds here! It shows that dedication was taken seriously here.

[@AkiraHunter-uh9qi]

Basically the tale that would inspire Studio Ghibli’s Tale of the Princess Kaguya

[@PhsykoOmen]

Its not inspired. The Ghibli film is literally a retelling of the bamboo cutter.

[@sleepyghostgirl]

thank you so much for sharing! the ending made me cry

[@livingwithautism3789]

thank you so much for sharing! the ending made me cry

[@sakurashy8492]

I remember watching it in elementary school class as a kid. To think I find this exact short with the English dub to boot.

[@livingwithautism3789]

I remember watching it in elementary school class as a kid. To think I find this exact short with the English dub to boot.

[@christineb7238]

Thank you for posting!!! My father showed this to me as a child on a film projector. It brings back many, many wonderful memories!

[@livingwithautism3789]

Thank you for posting!!! My father showed this to me as a child on a film projector. It brings back many, many wonderful memories!

[@flipspicksphilip4677]

OMG, thank you! I have been searching for this for FOREVER. I saw this on a film 🎥 in elementary school. I never forgot it. Nice to see it again.

[@milosvlatkovic116]

Me too, man... Cant believe I actualy found it at last

[@RobertJohnson-gi3sl]

Thank you! I saw this in second grade in 1982 in San Diego!

[@soylentteal]

Thank you for posting this! I hadn’t seen it in well over 50 years.

[@Sockhop1984]

Wow, no way! Glad to have reconnected it with you!

[@soylentteal]

My first grade teacher showed it to us in 1968.

[@akisuki4093]

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[@Ashkunify]

Beautiful tale, thanks for upload.

[@Gothiczartan]

I remember seeing this at school when I was living in South Korea going to a school at the US Army Base during the 1980s.

[@infernowolf1850]

such a beautiful tale! this inspired some of my characters i made!

[@markgee3591]

Yes, this the Coronet Film story that I saw in 1968-69 at my elementary school(before the 1st major sandstone building in Calgary and now a government office building)😁

[@hatsunemikuchannel2023]

3:19-11:08-12:31-12:53-13:00: OMG! These parts of the shining princess/moonbeam princess has never been told anywhere... i swear... 😮😮😊😊 11:36: Princess Kaguya's face... as she saw the twig made by the servants and not been found in a long way... 😮😮😊😊 So, Princess Kaguya, rightly, was little, she because she was so careless about the goddess's flowers and because one day she destroyed the goddess beautiful flowerbed, the emperor of the moon decided the punish her by sending her to earth, am i ain't right ? 🤔🤔😮😮

[@MrSteve0916]

Thank you for sharing this! I remember seeing this in elementary school way back when (early 80s in San Diego) and I knew when I saw The Tale of the Princess Kaguya that it was awfully familiar!

[@tonybarde2572]

The story of when Extraterrestrials landed on Earth

[@mountaindew9921]

hell yeah