The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Okina, a humble bamboo cutter living in the countryside, makes an astonishing discovery one day: a tiny baby nestled inside a radiant bamboo shoot. Certain she is a heavenly gift, he and his wife, Ouna, bring her home and raise her as their own. Named Kaguya, she grows with startling speed into a spirited girl who finds joy in village life—running free with the other children and savoring the simple happiness of youth.

Everything shifts when Okina later uncovers a trove of gold and fine treasures in the forest. Taking it as another sign from above, he becomes determined to remake Kaguya into a proper princess, moving the family to a grand residence in the capital. Pulled away from the life she loves and pressed into an unwanted world of nobility, Kaguya begins to face the truth of her origins and the role she is meant to fulfill.