2005
6.2 (5 votes)
1h 10m
Genres
Animation
Drama
Romance
History
Fantasy
Production Companies
Sakura Eiga-sha
The Book of the Dead (死者の書)
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Shinobu Orikuchi
Director: Kihachiro Kawamoto
