Overview
Rai, a frustrated student and part-time labourer, is wandering home after setting up a museum exhibition on the classic novel "The Tale of Genji". There is a blinding flash of light and he finds himself mysteriously time-slipped into the Heian period, the setting for the famous novel. Armed with a pamphlet on the history of the period and a bottle of headache tablets he passes as an onmyoji (magical protector of the capital) and is hired by the emperor’s wife Nyogo Kokiden. Fearless and coldly analytical she plots to have her son take over the Emperor’s position. Rai is expected to help. This light-hearted historical fantasy is a treat for lovers of sumptuous kimono.
Production
Kinoshita Group · Kino Films
Cast & Characters
Kentaro Ito
Rai
Ayaka Miyoshi
Lady Kokiden
Sairi Ito
Rinko
Taketo Tanaka
Harumiya
Kanata Hosoda
Mizu Ito
LiLiCo
Motoko Yamashita
Ryouta Murai
Kimura
Naho Toda
Akiko Ito
LaSalle Ishii
Yūsuke Iseya
Emperor Kiritsubo
Momiji Yamamura
Takashi Sasano
Directors & Crew
Kumi Tawada
Writer
Hitomi Kuroki
Director
Yumiko Takebe
Producer
Wakana Kanno
Producer
Screenshots & Stills
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