DARPAN's Must Watch at VIFF 2016: Suffering of Ninko
Vancouver International Film Festival29 Sep '16 to 14 Oct '16 @ 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
We’re in the ancient Japan of the Hyaku-monogatari (the classical ghost-story anthology The Hundred Tales), but you’ve never seen a Japanese period movie like this before. 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…
Join the Mayor and Council along with Jack Frost and Santa, as they flip the switch on the City’s beautiful 55 foot Christmas tree at this FREE family event. This year’s festival will be held in City Hall Plaza with a satellite location at Central City Shopping Centre.
On Friday, October 24, the Dhahan Prize will host a public reading at SFU Surrey from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., followed by a reception. Prize winners will read from their winning books in Punjabi, with translation to English.
