"Four stars! A rich and astonishing swan song for Japanese director Isao Takahata." --The Telegraph

"It's the sort of incandescent experience that may bloom in a child's mind for the rest of his or her life." --Ty Burr, The Boston Globe

"There are many wonderful directors under the Ghibli umbrella, and Takahata is as great as they come." --San Francisco Chronicle

NOTE: All showtimes will feature the English language version of the film, except for the showings at 9pm on Tuesday, Dec. 2 and Tuesday, Dec. 9, which will be presented in original Japanese with English subtitles.

Legendary Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata ("Grave of the Fireflies," "Pom Poko") revisits Japan's most famous folktale in this gorgeous, hand-drawn masterwork, decades in the making. Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter (James Caan) and his wife (Mary Steenburgen), a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady (Chloë Grace Moretz). The mysterious young princess enthralls all who encounter her--but ultimately she must confront her fate, the punishment for her crime. From the studio that brought us "Spirited Away," "My Neighbor Totoro," and "The Wind Rises" comes a powerful and sweeping epic that redefines the limits of animated storytelling and marks a triumphant highpoint within an extraordinary career in filmmaking for director Isao Takahata.