Drama
Suffering of Ninko
User Score12 votes
50%5.0/10
Release2016→
Runtime1H 10M
LanguageJapanese
StatusReleased
Synopsis
Ninko is a virtuous Buddhist monk who’s embarrassed to discover that he’s irresistible to many women (and some men). After a particularly troubling encounter with a masked woman, he undertakes a journey to "purify" himself, hoping that this will equip him to rebuff sexual advances. He meets the samurai Kanzo and hears of a village decimated by the rapacious mountain goddess Yama-onna, who kills men to absorb their energy. Finally Ninko has a quest to fulfill…
Principal Cast8

Masato Tsujioka
Ninko

Miho Wakabayashi
Yama-onna
Hideta Iwahashi
Kanzô
Yukino Arimoto
Ohisa / Noh-mask Woman
Chris Katô
Jômei
Hitoshi Murakami
Takuyô
Yuichiro Iwasa
Shônen
Masamichi Hagiwara
Village Chief
Media4
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Norihiro Niwatsukino
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Keywords
monkyoukaiforbidden sexualitysuffering of ninkomiddle eastern folktale
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Countries:Japan
Production:Tricycle Films























