The Hoodlum Priest

The Hoodlum Priest

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 15, 1967

Runtime

1h 24m

Genres

Action, Crime, Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

やくざ坊主

Production Companies

Daiei Film

Director

Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Description

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.