Billiken

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.

Country:

Japan

Genre:

Fantasy,

Drama

Duration:

100 minutes

Year:

1996

Director:

Junji Sakamoto

Cast:
Tetta Sugimoto

Billiken

Ryûtarô Gan

Ekage

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Tsukino

Ittoku Kishibe

Shigeru Izumiya

Crew:
Toshiaki Toyoda

Writer

Junji Sakamoto

Director

Junji Sakamoto

Writer