Action ·Crime ·History · Japan · 1967 · 1h 24m

The Hoodlum Priest

やくざ坊主

Director

Cast

Shintarō Katsu as Ryuzen Mayumi Ogawa as Otatsu Mikio Narita as Kashiwa Shinjuro Kayo Mikimoto as Otsuru Naoko Kubo as Oen Jun Tatara as Gonroku

Crew

Fujio Morita — Director of Photography Hiroshi Yamada — Editor Chumei Watanabe — Original Music Composer Hajime Takaiwa — Screenplay

Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes

yakuza hoodlum

Key Collaborators

Kimiyoshi Yasuda Director Fujio Morita Director of Photography Hiroshi Yamada Editor Chumei Watanabe Original Music Composer Hajime Takaiwa Screenplay

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