Billiken
1996•1h 40m•7.0•Released
FantasyDrama
The main hero of this film is the spirit of the once very popular wooden statuette called Billiken. It's a small god with a pointed head, a fat belly and a characteristic smile. When the casket in which the statuette was found is broken, the spirit of Billiken is free. After that he tries to fulfill the wishes of all those who had prayed to him, but it doesn't always works.
Director
Junji Sakamoto
Writer
Junji Sakamoto, Toshiaki Toyoda
Languages
Japanese
Cast
Tetta Sugimoto
Billiken
Ryûtarô Gan
Ekage
Tomoko Yamaguchi
Tsukino
Ittoku Kishibe
Shigeru Izumiya
Eiji Minakata
Jun Kunimura
Yoshio Harada
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