C535' alt='The Tale Of Princess Kaguya Review' title='The Tale Of Princess Kaguya Review' />Ascent Review Hollywood Reporter. At once art installation and experimental documentary, Fiona Tans lyrical film about Japans Mt. Fuji is the sort of cinematic effort for which the word meditation readily applies. This non linear portrait of the iconic mountain includes thousands of still photographs spanning many decades and incorporates references to everything from classic Japanese folk tales to the movie King Kong vs. Godzilla, in which Mt. Fuji plays a crucial supporting role. Ascent sometimes lives up to its title by proving a slog, not fully earning its feature length running time. The Tale Of Princess Kaguya Review' title='The Tale Of Princess Kaguya Review' />Studio Ghiblis The Tale of Princess Kaguya has an Englishlanguage voice cast and a U. S. release date. Chloe Grace Moretz will lead the animated tale. Batoto comic reader. Batoto Forums Batoto Read Your Favorite Comics Online View New Content. Dedicated to reviews, as well as information, humor and discussion on Japanese animation. Another view of Mount Fuji in Ascent. Credit Antithesis Films. Fujis place in Japanese culture is illuminated by way of a folk tale about a moon. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is a lovely story about a found princess that grows quickly, deals with lifes hardships, downfalls, and the realistically drawn. Seemingly every aspect of Mt. Fuji is exhaustively recounted here, from its role in such folk tales as The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter the inspiration for the recent. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Japanese, Hepburn Kaguyahime no Monogatari is a 2013 Japanese animated fantasy drama film produced by. The Tale of the Princess Kaguya is the first animated feature in over a decade directed by Isao Takahata. But the film nonetheless exerts fascination with its haunting imagery of what it informs us is still an active volcano that may well erupt again the last time was in the 1. The film is receiving its U. S. theatrical premiere at NYCs Film Forum, which is exhibiting it in a weeklong engagement presented free of charge. The film is not entirely without a narrative, as it contains spoken passages voiced by the director in English and Horoki Hasegawa in Japanese. They take the form of letters and diary entries in which a woman addresses a lover who died while climbing the mountain. But the storyline remains tenuous and is primarily a vehicle for social, cultural and historically themed tangents about the mountain, along with pseudo poetic pronouncements on the order of Photography, like grief, stops time. As that quote suggests, the pictures, rather than the words, are the films strength, and these provide ample rewards. Although some of the images are pedestrian, most are captivating. As you might expect, many feature Mt. Fuji, so many that by the end youll feel an intimate relationship with the volcano. But many are not of the mountain itself, including the hand tinted souvenir photos from the dawn of photography depicting people posing in colorful costumes. Seemingly every aspect of Mt. Fuji is exhaustively recounted here, from its role in such folk tales as The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter the inspiration for the recent animated film Tale of Princess Kaguya to its depictions in Japanese art that apparently influenced Vincent van Gogh. Although the overload of references threatens to prove wearisome, the filmmaker has edited the imagery in such an effectively evocative manner that the viewer goes with the flow. While theatrical prospects may be necessarily limited, Ascent has certainly earned a place in the next museum show on Japans famous and influential icon, not to mention at the Mt. Fuji visitor center. Production company Antithesis Films. Distributor Periscoop Film. Cast Horoki Hasegawa, Fiona Tan. Director producer screenwriter director of photography Fiona Tan. Editor Nathalie Alonso Casale. Composer Leon Anemaet 8. Read Your Favorite Comics Online Primary Sky. Slate. Blackcurrant. Watermelon. Strawberry. Orange. Banana. Apple. Emerald. Chocolate. Marble. Secondary Sky. Slate. Blackcurrant. Watermelon. Strawberry. Orange. Banana. Apple. Emerald. Chocolate. Marble. Pattern Blank. Watch When Marnie Was There Movie Online there. Waves. Squares. Notes. Sharp. Wood. Rockface. Leather. Honey. Vertical.