The Tale of Princess Kaguya | Myth Movie Night
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
When you put on a Studio Ghibli film, you don’t expect to be talking about aliens and proto-science fiction in 9th century Japan. But that didn’t stop us! We gush over this retelling of a classic Japanese folktale, and lay out the details of a buck wild Third Act twist.
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, infertility, suicide, natural disasters, infidelity, misogyny, strict gender roles, arranged marriage, child birth/pregnancy, deadly falls, unwanted sexual advances, alien abduction, and beheading.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, just as a heads up, we used Miyazaki as a shorthand for Studio Ghibli. |
| 0:08.0 | That's our bad. |
| 0:09.0 | I know that Takahata was the one who directed this. |
| 0:12.8 | We just were really excited to talk about the film in general that sometimes we slip up. |
| 0:16.9 | Our bad. |
| 0:17.4 | Sorry about that. |
| 0:19.4 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. I'm Amanda. And I'm Julia. |
| 0:28.7 | In this episode 223, The Tale of Princess Caguya for Myth Movie Night. Oh, Amanda, I feel like it's been a minute since I've sat down and watched a Miyazaki film, and this was such a good one to kind of reintroduce myself to it that I'm so excited to talk about this. |
| 0:44.6 | It really transports you. And I feel maybe because the first Miyazaki movie that I watched was Kiki's Delivery Service, but the first as an adult was spirited away, where I feel that moment of like entering a new realm. That is just so strongly for me associated with these movies, |
| 0:59.3 | and it is always such a pleasure. And this one in particular has so much folkloric backstory, |
| 1:04.6 | and I'm very excited to talk about it. Yeah, it's going to be great. Also great are our new patrons, |
| 1:08.6 | Kat A, Vitala, and Cassie, thank you very, very much for making |
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| 1:17.4 | And thank you as well to our supporting producer level patrons who support sustains us, |
| 1:21.1 | carries us through. Alicia, Allison, Deborah Hannah, Jane, Jessica Kinzer, Jessica Stewart, |
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| 1:28.3 | Megan Moon, Philfresh, Polly, Sammy Todd, Sarah, and Skyla, and Julia. |
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