Billiken

1996•1h 40m

FantasyDrama

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.

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Cast

Tetta Sugimoto

Billiken

Ryûtarô Gan

Ekage

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Tsukino

Ittoku Kishibe

Shigeru Izumiya

Eiji Minakata

Jun Kunimura

Yoshio Harada

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