Okiku and the World

A period romance that finds fertile ground in the least sanitary corner of feudal Japan. Okiku, a disgraced samurai’s daughter, crosses paths with two itinerant waste collectors who hustle human excrement to farmers. The film blooms, somewhat miraculously, without smelling like one.

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Junji Sakamoto directed Okiku and the World in 2023. See Junji Sakamoto's full filmography, where to start with Junji Sakamoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Junji Sakamoto.

Okiku and the World was released in 2023 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 90 minutes.