The Hoodlum PriestMovie
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.
About The Hoodlum Priest
The Hoodlum Priest is a 1967 action, crime, history movie directed by Kimiyoshi Yasuda.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 24m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Shintarō Katsu, Mayumi Ogawa, Mikio Narita, Kayo Mikimoto. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
