The Gambling Monk (1963)

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...

Cast (44)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Shoichi Ozawa

A

Aiko Ito

Yōko Minamida

M

Munenori Oyamada

Masaya Takahashi

N

Noriko Matsumoto

Toshio Takahara

Zenpei Saga

T

Toyoko Takechi

Shōki Fukae

Kotoe Hatsui

K

Kenji Kawai

Eimei Esumi

Chieko Misaki

T

Toyo Fukuda

S

Shuntaro Tamamura

Hiroshi Hijikata

K

Keiko Sasaki

T

Terue Shigemori

R

Reiko Tanigawa

Y

Yoshie Mifune

K

Kyôji Mizuki

T

Tsuchiyasu Kinohara

H

Hiroshi Chiyoda

D

Densuke Mitsuzawa

D

Daisuke Ōmi

I

Iwae Arai

K

Kōji Seyama

K

Ken Misugi

H

Hiroshi Imamura

J

Jōji Ehara

C

Chiyoko Shimizu

Chigusa Takayama

M

Masako Urushizawa

H

Hiromi Katô

E

Etsuko Takeuchi

M

Makiko Fukamachi

K

Kiyoaki Takekawa

山

山口哲

T

Takeo Fujisawa

Misako Watanabe

Takeshi Katō

Yoshi Katō

A

Akira Hisamatsu

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