The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)

"If you wish to accuse me of disobedience to His Majesty then feel free to kill me. If your happiness depends on a courtier’s cap then I will go to him. When I see you wearing that cap, then I will kill myself."

"There’s joy, there’s grief. All who live here feel them in all their different shades. There’s birds, bugs, beasts, grass, trees, flowers, and feelings."

"It’s me Heaven’s blessed! I’m the one who’ll raise her."

"‘If I hear that you pine for me, I will return to you. If you are truly waiting for me… I will come straight back.’"

"Lady Sagami: [after Kaguya had asked to swim] You most certainly may not! A noble princess does not frolic and dance around in such a manner."

"Inbe no Akita: [Talking about Kaguya] The moment I stood before her, this aged body began to tremble as if a dry fountain had come back to life. Just the memory of that glimmering beauty leaves me completely lost for words!"

"Prince Ishitskuri: [Speaking to Kaguya for the first time] I am Prince Ishitsukuri! If you consent to being my wife… I will worship you day and night, my forehead to the ground… as I would the stone begging bowl of Lord Buddha himself in India."

"A princesses crime and punishment"

"[From an interview with Toshio Suzuki after the death of Isao Takahata, and other marketing] The sins and punishments committed by the princess"

"Aki Asakura — Kaguya"

"Kengo Kora — Sutemaru"

"Takeo Chii — Sanuki no Miyatsuko (The bamboo cutter)"

"Nobuko Miyamoto — Ōna/Ouna/Okina (The bamboo cutters wife) and the narrator"

"Atsuko Takahata — Lady Sagami"

"Tomoko Tabata — Me no Warawa/Menowarawa"

"Takaya Kamikawa — Prince Ishitsukuri"

"Hikaru Ijūin — Lord Minister of the right, Abe"

"Ryudo Uzaki — Grand counselor Otomo"

"Nakamura Shichinosuke II — The Mikado (Emperor)"

"Isao Hashizume — Prince Kuramochi"

"Tamaki Kojo — Middle counselor Isonokami"

"Shinosuke Tatekawa — Inbe no Akita"

"Mirai Uchida — Kaguya (Child)"

"Yukiji Asaoka Kita/Kita no Kata"