It Was a Faint Dream (movie)
あさき夢みし- User score: 5.3
- Production country: Japan
- Producer: Akio Jissoji
- Production companies: Art Theatre Guild
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 10/26/1974
- Run time: 120 min.
Movie description
Set in 13th century Kyoto, where the Imperial court is under control of the clergy. Shijo was a peasant girl sold to a powerful daima as a concubine. Bored by her life in seclusion she starts an affair with State Councillor and the brother of a retired Emperor. Realising that she is only a plaything of the court, she becomes a nun and wanders the country.
