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The Hoodlum Priest (1967)

★ 7.3/10 84 min Action, Crime, History Japan Japanese
Screenplay by: Hajime Takaiwa
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Shintarō Katsu
Shintarō Katsu Ryuzen
Mayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa Otatsu
Mikio Narita
Mikio Narita Kashiwa Shinjuro
Kayo Mikimoto Otsuru
Naoko Kubo
Naoko Kubo Oen
Jun Tatara
Jun Tatara Gonroku
Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu Daihachi
Ryūtarō Gomi
Ryūtarō Gomi Toramatsu

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