Suffering of Ninko (2016)
Overview
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…
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| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.24972678571428572 |
Directed By
Norihiro Niwatsukino
Crew
Norihiro Niwatsukino
Norihiro Niwatsukino
Takayuki Okazaki
Shun-ichiro Yamamoto
Katsuyuki Takemoto
Katsuyuki Takemoto
Hideo Masuda
Yoshiya Mera
Norihiro Niwatsukino
Norihiro Niwatsukino
Norihiro Niwatsukino
Hirokazu Yokohara
Toshimitsu Inaba
Keita Yugoshi
Takahiro Udagawa
Sayoko Izumi
Sayoko Izumi
Shinyu 'Buchi' Yamamoto
Norihiro Niwatsukino
TOP CAST
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
Tomoko Harazaki
Osen
Yuria Fukatsuki
Oko
Ryôta Tsuruga
Agon
Yûichirô Satô
Unkai
Seiichi Shido
Master Myoko
Momo Nishimoto
Ochika
Nao Suzuhira
Ofuji
Mizuki Chisato
Omoto
Kyoko Ikenaga
Okinu
Reina Yukara
Noh-mask Mara
Masaomi Soga
Osen's Husband
Qyoko Kudo
Narrator
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