The Book of the Dead
First aired on Jul 1, 2005
Runtime: 70 mins
60%
Genres: 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.
Featured Cast: click image to view more
Kyôko Kishida | Narrator (voice)
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi | Story Teller (voice)
Rie Miyazawa | Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)
Featured Crew
Shinobu Orikuchi | Writer
Kihachiro Kawamoto | Director
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