Having lost a child, Taketori-no-Miyatsuko (Toshirô Mifune) and his wife (Ayako Wakao) can’t believe it when a bright light deposits a baby in the forest by their house. They decide to keep her, naming her Kaya (Yasuko Sawaguchi), and are amazed when she grows overnight from infancy to childhood. The sale of some gold she had with her enables the family to move to a bigger house, by which time Kaya is a already a grown woman attracting suitors who are curious about her strange origin.
Directors: Kon Ichikawa
Studio: Fuji Television Network
Writers: Ryûzô Kikushima, Kon Ichikawa, Shinya Hidaka, Mitsutoshi Ishigami