Suffering of Ninko [仁光の受難]
- Release Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Directed By
- Norihiro Niwatsukino
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…
