Suffering of Ninko
(DVD)
Ninko, a diligent young Buddhist monk, has a serious problem: women (and some men) find him sexually irresistible. After a troubling encounter with a naked masked woman, he sets out on a journey to purify himself of these sexual advances and haunting fantasies. One day, he arrives in a village decimated by a rapacious mountain Goddess, Yama-Onna, who seduces and kills all the men of the valley... Ninko has met his match. This erotic fantasy / ghost-story set in Japan's Edo period blends sumptuous live action and comical folktale-esque storytelling with ukiyo-e (Japanese woodblock printing) and mandala-style animated sequences. Beautiful, dark, and insightful, SUFFERING OF NINKO is an absolute must see.
GENRES - animation, comedy, drama, sci-fi & fantasy, international
Film Info
RUNTIME - 70 minutes
RATING - Not Rated
YEAR - 2016
FORMAT - DVD Region All
SPECIAL FEATURES (DVD Only) -
Trailer
| CAST | |
|---|---|
| Masato Tsujioka | Ninko |
| Miho Wakabayashi | Yama-onna |
| Hideta Iwahashi | Kanzo |
| Qyoko Kudo | Narrator |
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Press
“We’re in the ancient Japan of the Hyaku-monogatari (the classical ghost-story anthology The Hundred Tales), but you’ve never seen a Japanese period movie like this before... Niwatsukino’s wildly enjoyable debut is crammed with humour and visual surprises. At a time when 95% of Japanese indies are about the emotional and sexual-identity problems of young people, it is (to say the least) refreshing to find a movie that goes for broke with a subject that blows genre conventions apart while offering gutsy storytelling, vivid performances and a fabulous sense of cinema’s possibilities. Buddhists will love it, but so will most everyone else." — Tony Rayns, Vancouver IFF notes
