Suffering of Ninko
Oct 01, 2016 | IMDB 5.3
70 min Watch NowDrama
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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Latter Days
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Agony: The Life and Death of Rasputin
Brother Orchid
Of Gods and Men
The Organ
Black Death
The Name of the Rose
The Island
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Benjamin
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