모노가타리 작품의 효시, 지브리 애니메이션으로 재탄생 - 『가구야공주 이야기(かぐや姫の物語)』의 『다케토리 모노가타리(竹取物語)』 수용과 변용을 중심으로 -

Abstract

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter, which has been evaluated as “the father of narratives,” is the oldest extant narrative work. This work, where Kaguyahime, the female protagonist of the narrative, was found inside a bamboo, has had a huge impact on the classical Japanese literature, the contemporary Japanese culture, and so on. In 2013, the Studio Ghibli created the animation film the Story of Kaguyahime based on the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. The director is Isao Takahata, and whilst he carefully depicted the original, he also introduced his intentions thoroughly. Still, the animation film differs from the original in quite a few respects. The director attempts to carefully embody his intentions or his reinterpretations of the original through the acceptance and transformation of the original, by introducing the fictious character Sutemaru, describing the relation of Kaguyahime to the emperour, and so on. This attempt, however, seems to have spoiled the beauty and value of the original. Furthermore, the present article considers the ideality of Kaguyahime. In both the original and the animation film, she exists not only as an ideal person but also the one who possesses complex emotions. This point reveals the new aspect of Kaguyahime in terms of ideality and human’s inherent ego and limitation.