The Book of the Dead (2005)

6.5/10 70 min Animation Drama Romance History Fantasy

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.

Cast

Kyôko Kishida

Narrator (voice)

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Story Teller (voice)

Rie Miyazawa

Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)

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