The Gambling Monk

The Gambling Monk

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

0.019631h 39mReleased
Comedy

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...

Director

Shōgorō Nishimura

Writer

Shōhei Imamura, Daikichi Terauchi, Nobuyuki Ōnishi

Language

Japanese

Top Cast

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

A

Aiko Ito

Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida

M

Munenori Oyamada

Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi

N

Noriko Matsumoto

Toshio Takahara

Toshio Takahara

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

T

Toyoko Takechi

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Kotoe Hatsui

Kotoe Hatsui

K

Kenji Kawai

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

T

Toyo Fukuda

S

Shuntaro Tamamura

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