The Book of the Dead
2005 · 70 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 271 VOTES · DIR. Kihachiro Kawamoto
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 483 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:03 Kihachiro Kawamoto New Animation Production Committee
00:02:34 Chief Tamagoi Noboru Mitani
00:04:21 I spoke in jest. Who on earth would believe such a thing?
00:06:41 Now, be off with you!
00:10:03 In summer she finished her 500th copy.
00:12:45 She knew neither how nor where she walked.
00:17:22 8ut soon they felt protective of this noble lady.
00:19:30 A hoarse voice broke the silence. It was Taima, the storyteller.
00:21:49 They took him to the pond of Iware.
00:24:48 Prince Otsu was condemned for a crime.
00:27:52 The nine scattered like wisps of a cloud.
00:30:16 She had the men take her out.
00:32:28 Now, I feel as if I have
00:35:09 belong to me.
00:39:11 I shouldn't repeat gossip...
00:41:14 Song Yu is the reason you walk about in secret even in middle age.
00:43:26 That was when she could hear footsteps.
00:46:41 The fibers had to be drawn from the stems, then spun.
00:48:44 Musa had been holding Iratsume until that moment.
00:52:04 Yet Iratsume's heart was at peace.
00:54:52 As the nights grew colder, she thought of his bare, white skin.
00:57:13 Attach a cord here, tie it about the shoulders
01:00:00 of the Amida Sutra.
02:00:00 The Kawamoto Productions Ltd.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed483
Dialogue density6.9 lines / min
First line00:00:03
Final line02:00:00
Production Record
DirectorKihachiro Kawamoto
LanguageJapanese
IMDb votes271