The Book of the Dead (2005) video
WFAC 2006 trailer - SHISHA NO SHO (Book of the Dead)
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Trailer for Kihachiro Kawamoto's stop-motion masterpiece, SHISHA NO SHO (Book of the Dead).
See www.wfac.ca for more details.
The Nara period in Japan: Buddhism has recently been imported from China and is all the rage amongst the nobility. A young noblewoman named Iratsume fell into a trance after copying Buddhist sutras, and walks to a remote temple that women are forbidden to enter. There she stirs up the ghost of Prince Otsu, who was executed many years before in a court intrigue. Prince Otsu mistakes Iratsume for one of her ancestors, who was the last person the Prince saw before he died, and his ghost cannot rest while her face haunts his sleep...
All rights reserved (c) 2005, 100meterfilms.
See www.wfac.ca for more details.
The Nara period in Japan: Buddhism has recently been imported from China and is all the rage amongst the nobility. A young noblewoman named Iratsume fell into a trance after copying Buddhist sutras, and walks to a remote temple that women are forbidden to enter. There she stirs up the ghost of Prince Otsu, who was executed many years before in a court intrigue. Prince Otsu mistakes Iratsume for one of her ancestors, who was the last person the Prince saw before he died, and his ghost cannot rest while her face haunts his sleep...
All rights reserved (c) 2005, 100meterfilms.