Shisha no Sho
English title: The Book of the Dead
Japanese title: 死者の書
Alternative titles: The Book of a Dead Person, A Book of a Dead Person
Type: Movie
Source: Novel
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 8, 2005
Duration: 1 hr 9 min
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
Producers: Sakura Motion Picture, Sakura Eiga-sha
Genres: Award Winning, Drama, Supernatural
Themes: Historical

When a young noblewoman, Iratsume, falls into a trance after copying Buddhist sutras and walks to a remote temple that women are forbidden to enter, she stirs up the ghost of the executed Prince Otsu. Otsu's ghost then mistakes Iratsume for one of her ancestors, a young woman who came to watch his execution. The beautiful face of this young woman was the last thing the Prince saw before he died, and his ghost cannot rest while her face haunts his sleep.

Winner of the Excellence Award on the 9th Japan Media Arts Festival.