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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.
Director
Writer
Music
Studio
Daiei Film
Original Title
やくざ坊主
Original Language
Japanese
Cast
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Shintarō Katsu
Ryuzen
M
Mayumi Ogawa
Otatsu
M
Mikio Narita
Kashiwa Shinjuro
K
Kayo Mikimoto
Otsuru
N
Naoko Kubo
Oen
J
Jun Tatara
Gonroku
H
Hōsei Komatsu
Daihachi
R
Ryūtarō Gomi
Toramatsu
Y
Yoshio Kaneuchi
F
Fumio Watanabe
S
Shōsaku Sugiyama
I
Ikkei Tamaki
Y
Yukio Horikita
A
Akira Shiga
J
Jun Katsumura
T
Takeshi Yabuuchi
S
Sumao Ishihara
J
Jun Fujikawa
H
Hiroyoshi Nishioka
E
Eijirō Yamaoka
