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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (1968)

Genre : Action, Drama

Runtime : 1H 30M

Director : Takashi Harada
Writer : Hideaki Yamamoto, Akira Murao

Synopsis

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CG

Actors

Tomisaburō Wakayama
Tomisaburō Wakayama
Shinkai
Bunta Sugawara
Bunta Sugawara
Ryutatsu
Asao Koike
Asao Koike
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa
Masumi Tachibana
Masumi Tachibana
Tōru Abe
Tōru Abe
Eiko Takehara
Eiko Takehara
Bin Amatsu
Bin Amatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Akira Shioji
Akira Shioji
Takashi Ebata
Takashi Ebata
Masumi Harukawa
Masumi Harukawa
Hideto Kagawa
Hideto Kagawa
Hideko Mikimoto
Hideko Mikimoto
Yûko Namikaze
Yûko Namikaze
Takuzō Kawatani
Takuzō Kawatani
Thug

Crews

Takashi Harada
Takashi Harada
Director
Hideaki Yamamoto
Hideaki Yamamoto
Screenplay
Akira Murao
Akira Murao
Screenplay
Isao Tomita
Isao Tomita
Original Music Composer
Nagaki Yamagishi
Nagaki Yamagishi
Director of Photography

Posters and backgrounds

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