- HD 1080
- Runtime: 70m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Norihiro Niwatsukino
- Stars: Masato Tsujioka, Miho Wakabayashi, Hideta Iwahashi, Yukino Arimoto, Chris Katô
- keywords: monk, forbidden sexuality, suffering of ninko, middle eastern folktale, yokai
- Production_studio: Tricycle Films
- providers: Night Flight Plus
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…
