Suffering of Ninko
MovieTitle | 仁光の受難 |
User score | 5.3 |
Release date | Oct 1, 2016 |
Genre | Drama |
Director | Norihiro Niwatsukino |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | Tricycle Films |
Run time | 70 min. |
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…