Tsukigami

Jun 23 2007 N/A 1h 47m
Comedy, Fantasy

A lowly but academically diligent warrior named Bessho Hikoshiro finds himself unable to move up in the world due to the stifling caste system of the Bakumatsu era. After being expelled from the household into which he was adopted through marriage and separated from his wife and son, he moves in with his disapproving elder brother and his wife. He meets his old class rival Enomoto Takeaki, now a commander of a naval ship, and is later told by a kindly noodle shop owner that Enomoto's rise in social status came about after he prayed at a shrine in Mukojima. Stumbling home drunk one night, Hikoshiro falls down a riverbank and comes across a small run-down shrine which he is convinced is affiliated to the one in Mukojima. Pressing his hands together in prayer, he unwittingly invites the unwanted attentions of the gods of poverty, pestilence and death..

Plot

An unfortunate low-ranking samurai Hikoshiro decides to pray in a small shrine and ask gods for help. Unfortunately he accidentally attracts the attention of gods of poverty, pestilence and death.

Written by

Jirô Asada, Toshimi Kokubo

Directed by

Yasuo Furuhata

Cast

Hidekazu Akai, Yôsuke Eguchi, Yûko Fueki

Crew

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Production Countries

Japan

Languages

Awards

3 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
152
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA