Suffering of Ninko (5.4)

Movie · 2016 · 1 h 10 min · Drama

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…

Directed by: Norihiro Niwatsukino

Starring 辻岡正人, 若林美保, Hideta Iwahashi, 有元由妃乃, Chris Katô, Hitoshi Murakami, Yuichiro Iwasa, Masamichi Hagiwara, Tomoko Harazaki, 深月ユリア

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