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Suffering of Ninko (2016)
Directed by Norihiro Niwatsukino
Drama · 1h 10m
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…
Cast
Masato Tsujioka
Ninko
Miho Wakabayashi
Yama-onna
H
Hideta Iwahashi
Kanzô
Y
Yukino Arimoto
Ohisa / Noh-mask Woman
C
Chris Katô
Jômei
H
Hitoshi Murakami
Takuyô
Y
Yuichiro Iwasa
Shônen
M
Masamichi Hagiwara
Village Chief
T
Tomoko Harazaki
Osen
Yuria Fukatsuki
Oko
R
Ryôta Tsuruga
Agon
Y
Yûichirô Satô
Unkai
Crew
- Director
- Norihiro Niwatsukino
- Writer
- Norihiro Niwatsukino
- Director of Photography
- Takayuki Okazaki, Shun-ichiro Yamamoto
- Original Music Composer
- Shinyu 'Buchi' Yamamoto
- Editor
- Norihiro Niwatsukino
- Producer
- Norihiro Niwatsukino, Katsuyuki Takemoto
Details
- Original title
- 仁光の受難
- Release date
- 2016-10-01
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Tricycle Films