The Hoodlum Priest

The Hoodlum Priest (1967)

やくざ坊主

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.

Date of release
1967-11-15
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Action, Crime, History
Director
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Collection
Hoodlum Priest Collection

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