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Released , 'Shikibu monogatari' stars Eiji Okuda, Mieko Harada, Kyōko Kagawa, Keiko Kishi The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 52 min, and received a user score of 10 (out of 100) on TMDb, which collated reviews from 1 well-known users.
Curious to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Toyoichi Otomo suffers from psychological and spiritual troubles after a horrific industrial accident. He lives with his elderly mother and wife near Mt. Aso in rural Kyushu. He seeks solace in a small religious group run by Buddhist nun Chishu-bo who claims to be the 68th descendant of famed 11th century poet Izumi Shikibu. The members of her sect regard her as a living saint. Yet instead of balming his soul, she riles his libido by playing a sexual cat-and-mouse game with the fragile Toyoichi. When she does bed him, it leads to a miracle healing -- followed by a terrible calamity." .
