Shikibu monogatari

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  • Genre: Drama
  • Run time: 112 min
  • Premiere: 1990. October 6.

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.

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Eiji Okuda

Toyoichi Otomo

Mieko Harada

Terue Otomo

Kyōko Kagawa

Isa Otomo

Keiko Kishi

Nun Chishu

Tetta Sugimoto

Yumenosuke

Art

Takeo Kimura

Production Design

Camera

Masao Tochizawa

Director of Photography

Directing

Kazuo Hara

Assistant Director

Kei Kumai

Director

Editing

Osamu Inoue

Editor

Sound

Writing

Akimoto Matsuyo

Theatre Play

Kei Kumai

Screenplay

Art

Takeo Kimura

Production Design

Camera

Masao Tochizawa

Director of Photography

Directing

Kazuo Hara

Assistant Director

Kei Kumai

Director

Editing

Osamu Inoue

Editor

Sound

Writing

Akimoto Matsuyo

Theatre Play

Kei Kumai

Screenplay