Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

1968
1h 30m
6.5

6.5/10

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Overview

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CG

Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Toei Company
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Quick Facts

Original Title 極悪坊主 人斬り数え唄
Release Date November 30, 1968
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0164613

Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shinkai

Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara

Ryutatsu

Asao Koike
Asao Koike

Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa

Masumi Tachibana
Masumi Tachibana

Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe

Eiko Takehara
Eiko Takehara

Bin Amatsu
Bin Amatsu

Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu

Akira Shioji
Akira Shioji

Takashi Ebata
Takashi Ebata

Masumi Harukawa
Masumi Harukawa

Key Crew

Takashi Harada
Director
Eimei Yamamoto
Screenplay
Akira Murao
Screenplay