The Hoodlum Priest (1967)

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.

Released

1967-11-15

Genres

Action, Crime, History

Runtime

84 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Hajime Takaiwa

TMDB rating

7.3/10 from 3 votes