CinemaOSMovie · 1996 · 1h 40m

Billiken

70%(1)IMDbFantasyDrama

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.

Directed byJunji Sakamoto

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
JA
Released
August 3, 1996

Featuring

Cast & crew

8 credited
Starring
Tetta Sugimoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Billiken

Ryûtarô Gan

Ekage

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Tsukino

Ittoku Kishibe

Ittoku Kishibe

Shigeru Izumiya

Shigeru Izumiya

Eiji Minakata

Eiji Minakata

Jun Kunimura

Jun Kunimura

Yoshio Harada

Yoshio Harada

Creative team
Directed by
Junji Sakamoto
Junji Sakamoto
Written by
Junji Sakamoto
Junji Sakamoto
Toshiaki Toyoda
Toshiaki Toyoda

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