Few have been lucky enough to relish on the big screen. Premiered on the final day of Cannes 2005, it was met by an exhausted press corps with either euphoria or annoyance, then failed to secure U.S.
distribution as it traveled the festival circuit. Come on people, how much more do you need? How much more could a movie possibly give?
Zhang Ziyi stars as the princess of Tanuki Palace, home to an eccentric court of jesters, handmaidens, metamorphic sprites, and a trio of impish little girls with songs in their hearts and big bushy tails sprouting from their rumps. Meanwhile, over at Garasa Castle, a vain, boorish king (Mikijiro Hira) broods over a prophecy that his son will outshine him in beauty. A ninja called Ostrich Monk is dispatched to ambush the prince and exile him to wilderness.
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