Misty Kid of Wind – The Glass Cape

Mystery, Family, Fantasy

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Shunya Ito

Status Released

Release Date 1989-03-11

Storyline

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.