The Book of the Dead
2005 · 70 min · Animation, Drama, Romance, History, Fantasy
A sheltered aristocratic woman in feudal Japan, bored and unfamiliar with the world outside her estate, passes the time copying a special Buddhist sutra sent by her father who has been absent on official business for years. While gazing out her window one late afternoon, the setting sun creates a vision of a holy figure in the distant mountains.
- Director
- Kihachiro Kawamoto
- Writer
- Shinobu Orikuchi
- Released
- July 1, 2005
- Language
- Japanese
Cast
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