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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
  • DARPAN's Must Watch at VIFF 2016: Suffering of Ninko
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…
 
Watch trailer at https://vimeo.com/177074869
 
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Event Location Vancouver International Film Festival
Address: 1181 Seymour St
Post Code: V6B 2R1

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