With their most formidable foe vanquished, Inuyasha and his comrades begin returning to their everyday lives. But their peace is fleeting as another adversary emerges: Kaguya, the self-proclaimed princess from the Moon of Legend, hatches a plot to plunge the world into an eternal night of the full moon. Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango and Shippou must reunite to confront the new menace.
Direction
Dream dimension visuals that out-budget the TV series
Score
Kaoru Wada's orchestral bangers hit different in lunar castles
Practical Effects
Hand-drawn youkai designs before digital took over everything
Director
Toshiya Shinohara
Kappei Yamaguchi
Inuyasha (voice)
Satsuki Yukino
Kagome Higurashi (voice)
Koji Tsujitani
Miroku (voice)
Houko Kuwashima
Sango (voice)
Kumiko Watanabe
Shippo (voice)
Noriko Hidaka
Kikyo (voice)
Kenichi Ogata
Myōga (voice)
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Naraku (voice)
Izumi Ōgami
Kagura (voice)
Yukana
Kanna (voice)
Akiko Yajima
Kohaku (voice)
Mieko Harada
Kaguya (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kaguya is based on the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, Japan's oldest monogatari—making this the second time Inuyasha has fought literary figures after the first movie's Menomaru.
The film's 'castle beyond the looking glass' concept draws from Lewis Carroll AND Japanese kagami-mochi mirror traditions, because why reference one culture when you can mash up two?
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