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The Book of the Dead (2005)
Directed by Kihachiro Kawamoto
Animation, Drama, Romance, History, Fantasy · 1h 10m
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
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
Rie Miyazawa
Crew
- Director
- Kihachiro Kawamoto
- Writer
- Shinobu Orikuchi
Details
- Original title
- 死者の書
- Release date
- 2005-07-01
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Romance, History, Fantasy
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Sakura Eiga-sha