The Book of the Dead
2005
70 min
⭐ 6.2/10
5 votes
Overview
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.
Genres
Animation
Drama
Romance
History
Fantasy
Production Countries
- Japan
Spoken Languages
- Japanese ja
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Cast
Kyôko Kishida
Narrator (voice)
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Story Teller (voice)
Rie Miyazawa
Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)
Crew
Shinobu Orikuchi
Writer
Kihachiro Kawamoto
Director
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