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Billiken

Name: Billiken
Director: Junji Sakamoto
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 1996-08-03
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 0
Cast: Tetta Sugimoto, Ryûtarô Gan, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Ittoku Kishibe, Shigeru Izumiya

Release Date: August 3, 1996

Genre: Fantasy, Drama

Duration: 1h 40m

Director: Junji Sakamoto

Cast: Tetta Sugimoto, Ryûtarô Gan, Tomoko Yamaguchi, Ittoku Kishibe, Shigeru Izumiya

Storyline

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.