Based on an old Japanese folklore about a princess found in a bamboo shoot. One day, a bamboo cutter comes across a beautiful little girl that's small enough to fit in the palm of his hand. He takes her home to his wife, and she immediately grows to be a human size baby afterwards. Unaware where she came from, the elderly couple decide to raise her as their own. Eventually, they come across a new found fortune, as they try to give her a better life.