Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (1990)

Original title

雲のように風のように

Directed by

Hisayuki Toriumi

Genre

drama anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, romance anime and manga

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 19m

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young girl from the countryside enters the imperial palace to become a consort to the emperor. She navigates court life and the challenges of a changing political landscape.

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What happens

Like the Clouds, Like the Wind (Japanese: 雲のように 風のように, Hepburn: Kumo no yō ni Kaze no yō ni) is a Japanese anime television film produced by Studio Pierrot. An adaptation of the 1989 novel Kōkyū Shōsetsu by Ken'ichi Sakemi. It was broadcast on the Nippon Television Network System on March 21, 1990 (Vernal Equinox Day). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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