15 Jun 2012
Vuelve
A visual incursion into the troubled psyche of a young boy whose unstable and manipulative mother committed suicide in front of him.
Suffering of Ninko
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…
Top Billed Cast
辻岡正人 Ninko
若林美保 Yama-onna
Hideta Iwahashi Kanzô
Yukino Arimoto Ohisa / Noh-mask Woman
Chris Katô Jômei
Hitoshi Murakami Takuyô
Yuichiro Iwasa Shônen
Masamichi Hagiwara Village Chief
Tomoko Harazaki Osen
深月ユリア Oko
Ryôta Tsuruga Agon
Yûichirô Satô Unkai
Seiichi Shido Master Myoko
Momo Nishimoto Ochika
Nao Suzuhira Ofuji
Mizuki Chisato Omoto
Kyoko Ikenaga Okinu
Reina Yukara Noh-mask Mara
Masaomi Soga Osen's Husband
Qyoko Kudo Narrator
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