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…

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  Norihiro Niwatsukino
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  Hideo Masuda
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  Yoshiya Mera

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  Masato Tsujioka
  Ninko
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  Miho Wakabayashi
  Yama-onna
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  Hideta Iwahashi
  Kanzô
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  Yukino Arimoto
  Ohisa / Noh-mask Woman
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  Chris Katô
  Jômei
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  Hitoshi Murakami
  Takuyô
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  Yuichiro Iwasa
  Shônen
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  Masamichi Hagiwara
  Village Chief
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  Tomoko Harazaki
  Osen
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  Yuria Fukatsuki
  Oko
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  Ryôta Tsuruga
  Agon
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  Yûichirô Satô
  Unkai
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  Seiichi Shido
  Master Myoko
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  Momo Nishimoto
  Ochika
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  Nao Suzuhira
  Ofuji
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  Mizuki Chisato
  Omoto
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  Kyoko Ikenaga
  Okinu
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  Reina Yukara
  Noh-mask Mara
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  Masaomi Soga
  Osen's Husband
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  Qyoko Kudo
  Narrator