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The Gambling Monk

10/13/1963

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1hr 39min

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Comedy

Go to the bicycle race between your sutras! Staring at the ticket, Namu Amida Butsu!

STORY

One summer day, the chief monk of the Hojuin Temple dies. Harumichi rushes back to town hearing about his brother's death and requests for a grand funeral. He had been unwilling to take over the family business and had chosen a life as a middle school teacher far away from home, but considering the circumstances, he changes his mind. As the new chief of Hojuin, Harumichi scrambles around day after day for donations. He has kept strictly to the straight and narrow, until he passes a bicycle race track where the sounds of cheering fans induce him into a new way of life...

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Shoichi Ozawa
  • Aiko Ito
  • Yōko Minamida
  • Munenori Oyamada
  • Masaya Takahashi

    Directors

  • Toshiya Fujita
  • Shōhei Imamura
  • Shōgorō Nishimura

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Nikkatsu Corporation

    Production Countries

  • Japan

LANGUAGES

  • Japanese

Cast

Shoichi Ozawa

Aiko Ito

Yōko Minamida

Munenori Oyamada

Masaya Takahashi

Noriko Matsumoto

Toshio Takahara

Zenpei Saga

Toyoko Takechi

Shōki Fukae