Film

Billiken

1996 · 1h 40m · Fantasy · Drama

IMDb

6.5

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.

Tetta Sugimoto

Billiken

Ryûtarô Gan

Ekage

Tomoko Yamaguchi

Tsukino

Ittoku Kishibe

Shigeru Izumiya

Eiji Minakata

Jun Kunimura

Yoshio Harada

• Junji SakamotoWriter · Director
• Toshiaki ToyodaWriter

Release date

August 3, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Fantasy, Drama

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