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.
Unfortunately the movie The Hoodlum Priest is not yet available on HBO Max.
Directing | Kimiyoshi Yasuda | Director |
Editing | Hiroshi Yamada | Editor |
Writing | Hajime Takaiwa | Screenplay |
Sound | Chumei Watanabe | Original Music Composer |
Camera | Fujio Morita | Director of Photography |
Art | Shigeru Katô | Art Direction |
Sound | Tsuchitarô Hayashi | Sound Recordist |
Lighting | Hiroya Kato | Lighting Technician |