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Suffering of Ninko

Suffering of Ninko

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 1, 2016

Runtime

1h 10m

Genres

Drama

User Score

53%

Original Title

仁光の受難

Production Companies

Tricycle Films

Director

Norihiro Niwatsukino

Description

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…