Chloë Moretz as Princess Kaguya in Studio Ghibli's animation trailer (video)

Chloë Moretz as Princess Kaguya in Studio Ghibli's animation trailer

PanARMENIAN.Net - Studio Ghibli has released an English language trailer for The Tale of Princess Kaguya, Digital Spy said.

Chloë Grace Moretz voices the title character in Isao Takahata's adaptation of the Japanese folktale The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.

James Caan, Mary Steenburgen, Darren Criss, Lucy Liu, Beau Bridges, Daniel Dae Kim, James Marsden, Oliver Platt, John Cho, George Segal and Dean Cain also lend their voices to the animation.

It tells the story of a girl found inside a stalk of bamboo, who is taken in by an old bamboo cutter and his wife.

As she grows, Kaguya-hime is forced to decide between five suitors and to learn the truth about her origins.

Takahata previously directed Pom Poko and Grave of the Fireflies. This is his first solo directing project since 1999.

The Tale Of Princess Kaguya will arrive in US cinemas on October 17. A UK release date is yet to be announced.

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