Special effects Famed special effects director
Eiji Tsuburaya worked on the film's effects, which are regarded as a major advancement in Japanese visual effects. They are described as follows: "Tsuburaya used special effects and multiple exposures to make it appear as though the Princess Kaguya was glowing inside of a bamboo shoot as the centuries-old tale states, with projections and more for the moon and sky effects. Certain parallels in the effects can be found between and the 1927 German film
Metropolis, although the effects showcased in the brief public clip do showcase unique ideas not found in the earlier production." Miniatures and synthetic techniques were used to recreate
the town of Kyoto.
Kenzō Masaoka supervised the miniature effects for the film. He would later recall in
Kinema Junpo: "We tried to create our own frame-by-frame shots for the oxcarts, which I think was the first time this [technique] was attempted in Japan. We shot about ten plaster figures of oxen in various stages of movement, and then animated them by replacing these static models frame-by-frame. These plaster figures were the masterpieces of Takefu Asano, and took a period of more than one month to sculpt." == Release ==