The music for the film was done by Kawai Kenji. This is what he said about it....

"I particularly like the main theme of the movie. I tried to envision its imaginary world, and capture the essence of its character in the music. I put a lot of thought into the lyrics for this piece."

The lyrics for this song were written in ancient Japanese. The translation is this...

"The promise of the future"

When you are dancing, a beautiful lady becomes drunken,
When you are dancing, a shining moon rings.

A god descends for a wedding and dawn approaches,
While the night bird sings.

God(s) bless you (x4)


It was sung by Higuchi Saeko.

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