The Hoodlum Priest
The Hoodlum Priest

The Hoodlum Priest

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1967
1h 24m
6.5(2 votes)
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Overview

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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29 members
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勝新太郎

Ryuzen

勝新太郎
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小川眞由美

Otatsu

小川眞由美
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成田三樹夫

Kashiwa Shinjuro

成田三樹夫
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Kayo Mikimoto

Otsuru

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久保菜穂子

Oen

久保菜穂子
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多々良純

Gonroku

多々良純
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小松方正

Daihachi

小松方正
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五味龍太郎

Toramatsu

五味龍太郎
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金内吉男

Unknown Role

金内吉男
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渡辺文雄

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渡辺文雄
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杉山昌三九

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杉山昌三九
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玉置一恵

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堀北幸夫

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堀北幸夫
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Akira Shiga

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勝村淳

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勝村淳
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Takeshi Yabuuchi

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石原須磨男

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藤川準

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藤川準
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西岡弘善

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Eijirō Yamaoka

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黒木現

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伴勇太郎

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Masayoshi Kikuno

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岩田正

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Kenichi Kagami

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Masako Tomura

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Jun Ōsugi

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Taizô Sengoku

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Kazuko Taniguchi

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