Shikibu monogatari

Shikibu monogatari

🎞️ Movie 112 min JP
โ˜… 5.5 /10 1990

Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial accident. He lives with his elderly mother and wife near Mt. Aso in rural Kyushu. He seeks solace in a small religious group run by Buddhist nun Chishu-bo who claims to be the 68th descendant of famed 11th century poet Izumi Shikibu. The members of her sect regard her as a living saint. Yet instead of balming his soul, she riles his libido by playing a sexual cat-and-mouse game with the fragile Toyoichi. When she does bed him, it leads to a miracle healing -- followed by a terrible calamity.

Direction
Screenplay

Cast

Eiji Okuda
Eiji Okuda
Toyoichi Otomo
Keiko Kishi
Keiko Kishi
Nun Chishu
Kyōko Kagawa
Kyōko Kagawa
Isa Otomo
Mieko Harada
Mieko Harada
Terue Otomo
Tetta Sugimoto
Tetta Sugimoto
Yumenosuke
๐Ÿ‘ค
Rika Abiko
Uchiko
๐Ÿ‘ค
Taiko Shinbashi
Ume
Akemi Negishi
Akemi Negishi
Fuji
Akio Yokoyama
Akio Yokoyama
Mantaro
๐Ÿ‘ค
Satoko Iwasaki
๐Ÿ‘ค
Teizô Matsumura
Composer
๐Ÿ‘ค
Masao Tochizawa
Cinematographer