The Tale of The Princess Kaguya behind the scenes gags

The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

The film is the posthumous work of Chii Takeo, who died on June 29, 2012 at the age of 70. Takahata Isao, who has always been pursuing realistic effects, adopted the method of pre-recorded dialogue. In the summer of 2011, he completed the recording of ChiiTakeo, so he was able to leave the last voice of the old man. The role dubbing in "The Story of かぐや姫の物語" also became ChiiTakeo's career. The last performance. Subsequent parts of the grandpa role that need to be re-recorded will be replaced by Yuji Miyake, the host of TV shows such as "Cooking the East and the West Army".
While reading the script, ChiiTakeo once asked the director whether the film was a denial of the earth, and Director Takahata responded “on the contrary, affirming the earth”, thus strengthening the confidence of the elderly.
The lyrics and music of the nursery rhyme "Song of Heaven (天女の歌)" were written by Takahata Isao, and Riko Sakaguchi assisted in writing the lyrics.
"The Monogatari" was originally scheduled to be released at the same time as "Wind Up" at the end of 2012, but it was postponed to 2013 due to unfinished production. The time delay also caused the original scorer Shinichiro Ikebe to be replaced by Joe Hisaishi, which inadvertently contributed to the first collaboration between Joe Hisaishi and Director Takahata Isao. The first contact between the two began in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, when Takahata served as the film. Producer.
When Aki Asakura first applied for the role of Kaguyahime, Director Takahata told the producer, "This girl is possible (as Kaguyahime)". However, Aki thought she had lost the election. She was crying while walking towards the station. The crying was heard by the director. It was in line with the ideal tone of Kaguya Ji, so it was decided that Aki would be the voice of Kaguya Ji.
The actor Samaru was in charge of Kengo Kôra. Afterwards, Kengo Kôra said that he was influenced by the Ghibli animation and liked the feeling of flying. The scene where Samaru and Kaguya Ji, who are dubbed in the play, can be seen flying in the air. His happiest place.
In addition, in the animation, the voices of the grandpa and grandma who brought up Kaguya Hime were dubbed by Chii Takeo and Nobuko Miyamoto, and they were previously in the 1973 film "After Class" (after class) directed by Moriya Shiro. Work together to play a couple.
Some of the behind-the-scenes production crews of "The Monogatari" also tried to challenge the role of dubbing. For example, Nakano Ishigami, one of Kaguya's suitors, was performed by Guchenghuan, which handles sound effects. As for the actor Xuelu Chaoqiu , who previously served as the voice for the animation " My Neighbors the Yamadas " released by Takahata Isao in 1999 , this time he also made a friendly guest appearance as a voice for one of the characters.
Takahata Isao’s 1974 TV animation "Hidi of the Alps (アルプスの少女ハイジ)" has a lot in common with the "Magical Story" in terms of character, stage background and story line. The director was finishing it at that time. After this work, he also said that "Sooner or later, I will tell the story of Heidi on the stage of Japan."
The film did not use any professional voice actors.
The movie "Mononoke Hime no Monogatari" has a length of 137 minutes, which is more than 133 minutes and becomes the longest animated feature film at Studio Ghibli.