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The Hoodlum Priest (1967)

Genre : Action

Runtime : 1H 24M

Director : Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Writer : Hajime Takaiwa

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Shintarō Katsu
Shintarō Katsu
Ryuzen
Mayumi Ogawa
Mayumi Ogawa
Mikio Narita
Mikio Narita
Kayo Mikimoto
Kayo Mikimoto
Naoko Kubo
Naoko Kubo
Jun Tatara
Jun Tatara
Hōsei Komatsu
Hōsei Komatsu
Ryûtarô Gomi
Ryûtarô Gomi
Yoshio Kaneuchi
Yoshio Kaneuchi
Fumio Watanabe
Fumio Watanabe
Shôsaku Sugiyama
Shôsaku Sugiyama
Ikkei Tamaki
Ikkei Tamaki
Yukio Horikita
Yukio Horikita
Akira Shiga
Akira Shiga
Jun Katsumura
Jun Katsumura
Takeshi Yabuuchi
Takeshi Yabuuchi
Sumao Ishihara
Sumao Ishihara
Jun Fujikawa
Jun Fujikawa
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Eijirō Yamaoka
Eijirō Yamaoka
Gen Kuroki
Gen Kuroki
Yûtarô Ban
Yûtarô Ban
Masayoshi Kikuno
Masayoshi Kikuno
Tadashi Iwata
Tadashi Iwata
Kenichi Kagami
Kenichi Kagami
Masako Tomura
Masako Tomura
Jun Ôsugi
Jun Ôsugi
Taizô Sengoku
Taizô Sengoku
Kazuko Taniguchi
Kazuko Taniguchi

Crews

Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Hajime Takaiwa
Hajime Takaiwa
Screenplay
Michiaki Watanabe
Michiaki Watanabe
Original Music Composer
Fujio Morita
Fujio Morita
Director of Photography
Shigeru Katô
Shigeru Katô
Art Direction
Tsuchitarô Hayashi
Tsuchitarô Hayashi
Sound Recordist
Hiroshi Yamada
Hiroshi Yamada
Editor
Hiroya Kato
Hiroya Kato
Lighting Technician

Posters and backgrounds

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