Billiken

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

August 3, 1996

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Cast

Tetta Sugimoto,Ryûtarô Gan,Tomoko Yamaguchi,Ittoku Kishibe,Shigeru Izumiya,Eiji Minakata,Jun Kunimura,Yoshio Harada

Director

Junji Sakamoto

Writer

Junji Sakamoto,Toshiaki Toyoda

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0115686