Watch The Hoodlum Priest (1967) Online!
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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Stars:
- Kimiyoshi Yasuda
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- Hajime Takaiwa
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Release Date: 1967-11-15
7.0/10
7.0/10
- Country: JP
- Language: 日本語
- Runtime: 84
