Shikibu monogatari

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.

• Release date
• October 6, 1990
• Runtime
• 112 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kei Kumai

Cast

Eiji Okuda Toyoichi Otomo Mieko Harada Terue Otomo Kyōko Kagawa Isa Otomo Keiko Kishi Nun Chishu Akemi Negishi Fuji Tetta Sugimoto Yumenosuke