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.
Direction
Kawamoto's final film — 70 years of craft in every frame.
Production
Hand-carved puppets with costumes more alive than most actors.
Cinematography
That sunset sequence will wreck your entire week.
Director
Kihachiro Kawamoto
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