The Hoodlum Priest

1967 1h 24m ★7.3

Action Crime History

The Hoodlum Priest

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.

Release Date November 15, 1967

Runtime 1h 24m

Country Japan

Language Japanese

Director Kimiyoshi Yasuda

Category Action, Crime, History

Rating 7.3 / 10 (TMDb)

Year 1967