Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape (1989)

Release Date: 1989-03-11
Runtime: 1h 47min
Production Company: Nippon Herald Films
Production Country: Japan
Director: Shunya Ito

Karin has lived alone in a secluded mountain village with her consumptive mother since her father died. Her worried grandfather advises her to send her mother to a sanatorium and be adopted by him, although she refuses to accept. On the Buddhist All Soul’s Day Festival in August, a messenger from her grandfather pays a sudden visit to her house.