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The Book of the Dead

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
Release Date: Friday, July 1 2005
19 years ago
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Portrait of Kyôko KishidaKyôko Kishida
Kyôko Kishida was
75 in The Book of the Dead
as 'Narrator (voice)'.
Tue, Apr 29 1930 –
Sun, Dec 17 2006
Portrait of Tetsuko KuroyanagiTetsuko Kuroyanagi
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi was
71 in The Book of the Dead
as 'Story Teller (voice)'.
Wed, Aug 09 1933
Portrait of Rie MiyazawaRie Miyazawa
Rie Miyazawa was
32 in The Book of the Dead
as 'Iratsume of Fujiwara (voice)'.
Fri, Apr 06 1973

Crew

Portrait of Kihachiro KawamotoKihachiro Kawamoto
Kihachiro Kawamoto was
80 in The Book of the Dead
as 'Director'
Sun, Jan 11 1925 –
Mon, Aug 23 2010
Portrait of Shinobu OrikuchiShinobu Orikuchi
Shinobu Orikuchi was
>> in The Book of the Dead
as 'Writer'
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