The Hoodlum Priest
1967 · 84 min
Action · Crime · History
★ 7.3The first film in the 2 part series about Ryuzen, a renegade martial-arts priest who, in addition to breaking all the commandments against sex and gambling, opens his own gambling den in direct defiance of the local yakuza boss. Exciting action and a twisty plot this movie breaks new barriers in Japanese cinema. Katsu Shintaro is superb in one of his better non-Zato Ichi roles as he fights off the advances of a love-lorn woman and risks his life to defeat the powerful gambling boss who has a stranglehold on the town.
Crew
- Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Screenplay Hajime Takaiwa
- Director of Photography Fujio Morita
Cast
Crew
- Director — Kimiyoshi Yasuda
- Screenplay — Hajime Takaiwa
- Director of Photography — Fujio Morita
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