The Hoodlum Priest

The Hoodlum Priest

1967
1h 24m
6.5

6.5/10

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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.

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Status: Released

Language: JA

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Production Information

Production Companies
Daiei Film
Production Countries
Japan
Spoken Languages
Japanese

Keywords

yakuza hoodlum

Quick Facts

Original Title やくざ坊主
Release Date November 15, 1967
Status Released
Language JA
IMDb ID tt0188295

Cast

Shintarō Katsu
Shintarō Katsu

Ryuzen

Mayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa

Otatsu

Mikio Narita
Mikio Narita

Kashiwa Shinjuro

Kayo Mikimoto
Kayo Mikimoto

Otsuru

Naoko Kubo
Naoko Kubo

Oen

Jun Tatara
Jun Tatara

Gonroku

Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu

Daihachi

Ryūtarō Gomi
Ryūtarō Gomi

Toramatsu

Yoshio Kaneuchi
Yoshio Kaneuchi

Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe

Shōsaku Sugiyama
Shōsaku Sugiyama

Ikkei Tamaki
Ikkei Tamaki

Key Crew

Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay