The Book of the Dead

Year: 2005

Runtime: 70 mins

Language: Japanese

Director: Kihachiro Kawamoto

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In feudal Japan, a secluded aristocratic woman, restless and naive to life beyond her manor, spends her days diligently copying a rare Buddhist sutra her father, away on official duties for years, has sent her. One late afternoon, as the sun sets, its light outlines a distant holy figure on the mountains, stirring a profound, silent reverence within her.

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