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.
About The Hoodlum Priest (1967)
Released in 1967, The Hoodlum Priest is a action, crime and history film from Daiei Film (Japan). It was directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda and written by Hajime Takaiwa. The cast is led by Shintarō Katsu, Mayumi Ogawa, Mikio Narita, Kayo Mikimoto and Naoko Kubo. With a runtime of 1h 24m, the film averages 7.3/10 across 3 TMDB ratings.
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