Suffering of Ninko
(SCREENING KIT)
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... whereby Ninko has met his match. This erotic fantasy 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.
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
