THE HOODLUM PRIEST (1967)
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The Hoodlum Priest
Action, Crime, History
November 15, 1967
Japanese
1h 24m
Japan
Daiei Film
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.
Cast & Characters
Shintarō Katsu
Ryuzen
Crew
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay
Chumei Watanabe
Original Music Composer
Fujio Morita
Director of Photography