The Book of the Dead

(2005)

★ 6.5 IMDb · 6 votes

Genres: Animation, Drama, Romance, History, Fantasy

Year: 2005

Runtime: 70 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 川本喜八郎

Cast: 岸田今日子, 黒柳徹子, 宮沢りえ

Plot

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.