The Book of the Dead (2005)
AnimationDramaRomanceHistoryFantasy
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
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Kyôko Kishida as Narrator (voice) |
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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi as Story Teller (voice) |
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Rie Miyazawa as Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice) |
| Writing | Shinobu Orikuchi | Writer |
| Directing | Kihachiro Kawamoto | Director |
