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Billiken

Billiken

★ 7.0/10•1996•1h 40m•Fantasy•Drama

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.

Junji Sakamoto · Writer

Toshiaki Toyoda · Writer

Junji Sakamoto · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 40m
LanguageJA
Release DateAug 3, 1996

Actors

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

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