The Hoodlum Priest

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 15, 1967

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Daiei Film

Cast

Mikio Narita,Tadashi Iwata,Jun Katsumura,Jun Tatara,Eijirō Yamaoka,Shintarō Katsu,Ryūtarō Gomi,Jun Ōsugi,Taizô Sengoku,Yutaro Banand 19 more

Director

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Writer

Hajime Takaiwa

Cinematography

Fujio Morita

Music

Chumei Watanabe

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0188295