Hoodlum Priest (1967)
Original title: やくざ坊主
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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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Shintarō KatsuRyuzen
Mayumi Ogawa
Mikio NaritaKayo Mikimoto
Naoko Kubo
Jun Tatara
Hōsei Komatsu
Ryūtarō Gomi
Yoshio Kaneuchi
Fumio Watanabe
Shōsaku Sugiyama
Ikkei TamakiMovie DNA
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What is Hoodlum Priest about?
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.
How long is Hoodlum Priest?
Hoodlum Priest has a runtime of 84 minutes.