Ninkô no junan (2016)
Release Year: 2016
Nation: N/A
Alternative Title: 仁光の受難, Suffering of Ninko
Director: Norihiro Niwatsukino
Writer: Norihiro Niwatsukino
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Norihiro Niwatsukino, Katsuyuki Takemoto
Companies: N/A
Budget: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: monk, youkai, forbidden sexuality, suffering of ninko, middle eastern folktale
Story
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…
