The Book of the Dead

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The Book of the Dead

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.

Original Title

死者の書

Release Date

2005-07-01

Year

2005

Duration

1h 10m

Status

Released

Score

6.20

Production

Cast

Kyôko Kishida

Kyôko Kishida

Narrator (voice)

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

Story Teller (voice)

Rie Miyazawa

Rie Miyazawa

Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)