Biriken

Billiken, feature film, 1996

DIRECTED BY: Junji Sakamoto

Biriken

CAST:
Tetta Sugimoto (Billiken),
Tomoko Yamaguchi (Tsukino),
Ryuutarô Gan (Ekage)

SCRIPT:
Junji Sakamoto,
Toshiaki Toyoda

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Norimichi Kasamatsu

Synopsis:
The main character in this film is the ghost of a formerly very popular kind of wooden statue called a Billiken. It is a god with a pointy head, fat stomach and distinctive smile. When its case gets broken, the ghost is set free and tries to make all the wishes of those who prayed to it come true. However, since he goes about it in a particular way, he does not always succeed.

35 mm, color, 100 min