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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

Answer the questions to the best of your ability. The answers are determined in relation to the English translated version of the film. This is personally my favourite Ghibli film.
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What year was the film released?
2013
Who was the director?
Isao Takahata
Who composed the orchestra scores?
Joe Hisaishi
What artistic medium does the film resemble?
Watercolour
The film is based on a 10th century Japanese literary tale. What was that tale called?
The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
What was the old bamboo cutter's name?
Sanuki no Miyatsuko
Where did he find the Princess?
In a bamboo stalk
What do the old bamboo cutter and his wife call the girl?
Princess
What nickname did the children of the mountain hamlet give the Princess?
Li'l Bamboo
Why did they give her this nickname?
Because she grew so fast
Who is the oldest of the village children?
Sutemaru
What do the villagers farm?
Wood
What was heaven's first gift to the old bamboo cutter (apart from the Princess)?
Gold
What was the next gift?
Fabric / robes / material
Who is the Princess's tutor?
Lady Sagami
What instrument does the Princess play?
The Koto
Who gives the Princess the name 'Kaguya'?
Lord Akita
What does 'Princess Kaguya' mean?
The shining princess of the supple bamboo / Princess of the shining light
Princess Kaguya receives five proposals from five of the highest nobles in the land. Who was the first noble?
Prince Kuramochi
Who was the second?
Prince Ishitsukuri
Who was the third?
Lord Minister of the Right Abe
Who was the fourth?
Great Counselor Otomo
Who was the fifth?
Middle Counselor Isonokami
How many years does it take the first suitor to achieve an 'impossible task'?
3
What was the 'impossible' task?
Find a branch from the tree of jewels that grows on the mountain of Horai
Who grabbed the Princess without her consent, and caused her to subconsciously contact her home?
The emperor / king
Complete this lyric: "Birds, bugs, beasts, grass, flowers and trees, ______ ______ ______ _____ bring 'em all on"
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
What did Princess Kaguya and Sutemaru do when Kaguya returned to the mountain? (hint: they were stopped by the moon)
Fly
This event was likely a _____
Dream
Where did Princess Kaguya originally come from?
The Moon
Who lead the procession of the celestial beings?
Buddha
What magical item of clothing makes people forget their life on Earth?
Robe
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