The Hoodlum Priest
7
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1967-11-15
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Action
Crime
Drama
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.
Featured Crew
| Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Director |
| Shigeru Katô | Art Direction |
| Hiroshi Yamada | Editor |
| Fujio Morita | Director of Photography |
| Tsuchitarô Hayashi | Sound Recordist |
| Chumei Watanabe | Original Music Composer |
| Hajime Takaiwa | Screenplay |
| Hiroya Kato | Lighting Technician |
