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    Suffering of Ninko 2016 POSTER

    Suffering of Ninko

    2016

    Japanese

    6.0

    ♡ 3

    96%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Fantasy

    forbidden sexuality

    middle eastern folktale

    monk

    Mystery

    suffering of ninko

    yokai

    youkai

    Norihiro Niwatsukino Norihiro Niwatsukino Director Hideta Iwahashi Hideta Iwahashi as Kanzô Qyoko Kudo Qyoko Kudo as Narrator Masato Tsujioka Masato Tsujioka as Ninkô Miho Wakabayashi Miho Wakabayashi as Yama-onna
    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…
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