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Cast

Shoichi Ozawa

Shoichi Ozawa

Aiko Ito

Aiko Ito

Yōko Minamida

Yōko Minamida

Munenori Oyamada

Munenori Oyamada

Masaya Takahashi

Masaya Takahashi

Noriko Matsumoto

Noriko Matsumoto

Toshio Takahara

Toshio Takahara

Zenpei Saga

Zenpei Saga

Toyoko Takechi

Toyoko Takechi

Shōki Fukae

Shōki Fukae

Kotoe Hatsui

Kotoe Hatsui

Kenji Kawai

Kenji Kawai

Eimei Esumi

Eimei Esumi

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

Toyo Fukuda

Toyo Fukuda

Shuntaro Tamamura

Shuntaro Tamamura

Hiroshi Hijikata

Hiroshi Hijikata

Keiko Sasaki

Keiko Sasaki

Terue Shigemori

Terue Shigemori

Reiko Tanigawa

Reiko Tanigawa

Yoshie Mifune

Yoshie Mifune

Kyôji Mizuki

Kyôji Mizuki

Tsuchiyasu Kinohara

Tsuchiyasu Kinohara

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Hiroshi Chiyoda

Densuke Mitsuzawa

Densuke Mitsuzawa

Daisuke Ōmi

Daisuke Ōmi

Iwae Arai

Iwae Arai

Kōji Seyama

Kōji Seyama

Ken Misugi

Ken Misugi

Hiroshi Imamura

Hiroshi Imamura

Jōji Ehara

Jōji Ehara

Chiyoko Shimizu

Chiyoko Shimizu

Chigusa Takayama

Chigusa Takayama

Masako Urushizawa

Masako Urushizawa

Hiromi Katô

Hiromi Katô

Etsuko Takeuchi

Etsuko Takeuchi

Makiko Fukamachi

Makiko Fukamachi

Kiyoaki Takekawa

Kiyoaki Takekawa

山口哲

山口哲

Takeo Fujisawa

Takeo Fujisawa

Misako Watanabe

Misako Watanabe

Takeshi Katō

Takeshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

Akira Hisamatsu

Akira Hisamatsu

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Saburo Mitsuo

Saburo Mitsuo

Lighting Director

Takinosuke Yagi

Takinosuke Yagi

Sound Recordist

Toshiya Fujita

Toshiya Fujita

Assistant Director

Yasuhiro Otsuru

Yasuhiro Otsuru

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Noriko Shishikura

Noriko Shishikura

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Shōhei Imamura

Shōhei Imamura

Screenplay

Toshirō Mayuzumi

Toshirō Mayuzumi

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Mutsuo Tanji

Mutsuo Tanji

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Kazue Nagatsuka

Kazue Nagatsuka

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Daikichi Terauchi

Daikichi Terauchi

Novel

Nobuyuki Onishi

Nobuyuki Onishi

Screenplay

Kinichi Kamei

Kinichi Kamei

Production Manager

Shōgorō Nishimura

Shōgorō Nishimura

Director

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The Gambling Monk

19630.0 / 1099 min
Comedy

Overview

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

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...