仁光の受難 (2016)

Title: Suffering of Ninko

Original Title: 仁光の受難

Release Date: 2016-10-01

Status: Released

Rating: 4.958/10 (from 12 votes)

Language: JA

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Tricycle Films

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…