The Hoodlum Priest (1967)
Synopsis
The 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.
Release Date: 1967-11-15
Runtime: 84 minutes
Director: Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Top Cast
- Shintarō Katsu as Ryuzen
- Mayumi Ogawa as Otatsu
- Mikio Narita as Kashiwa Shinjuro
- Kayo Mikimoto as Otsuru
- Naoko Kubo as Oen
- Jun Tatara as Gonroku
- Hōsei Komatsu as Daihachi
- Ryūtarō Gomi as Toramatsu
- Yoshio Kaneuchi as
- Fumio Watanabe as
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