The Hoodlum Priest

Overview
Cast & Crew
The Saga
Production House

The Plot

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.

Run Time

1h 24m

Genre

Action, Crime, History

Release Date

15 Nov 1967

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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