The Hoodlum Priest
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.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay
Chumei Watanabe
Original Music Composer
Fujio Morita
Director of Photography
Shigeru Katō
Art Direction
Tsuchitarō Hayashi
Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Yamada
Editor
Hiroya Kato
Lighting Technician