Kumamoto Stories

Jidai-geki period / folklore type stories that were comissioned by the Kumamoto prefacture of Kyushu island in 1996 and filmed over a period of three years. Kumamoto Monogatari is a 2002 omnibus which includes the three short films: Zuiketsu Genso: Tonkararin Yume Densetsu, Kikuchi-jo Monogatari: Sakimori-tachi no Uta, Onna Kunishuu Ikki.

Cast

Tohru Emori

Paekche nobleman

Renji Ishibashi

Nakatomi-no-Kamatari

Jinpachi Nezu

Frontier guard

Ren Osugi

Naka-no-Ooe-no-Ôji

Kenichi Endo

Crew

Takashi Miike

Director

Itaru Era

Screenplay