Suffering of Ninko

Suffering of Ninko

Original title: Ninkô no junan
Production: Tricycle Film
Country: Japan
Director: Norihiro Niwatsukino
Script: Norihiro Niwatsukino
Photography: Takayuki Okazaki; Shunichiro Yamamoto
Cast: Masato Tsujioka; Miho Wakabayashi; Hideta Iwahashi
Year: 2016
Duration: 70
Genre: Drama
Color: Color
Languages available: Japanese
Subtitles: English

Synopsis:

An erotic fantasy set in Japan’s Edo period introduces a sexually irresistible Buddhist monk struggling to stay virtuous as he begins to have strange carnal dreams.

Awards:

Official Selection at Rotterdam International Film Festival
Official Selection New York Asian Film Festival

Nominated to the Grand Prize at the Tokyo FILMeX 2016