The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Kimiyoshi YasudaDirector
- Chumei WatanabeOriginal Music Composer
- Hajime TakaiwaScreenplay
Cast
- Shintarō KatsuRyuzen
- Mayumi OgawaOtatsu
- Mikio NaritaKashiwa Shinjuro
- Kayo MikimotoOtsuru
- Naoko KuboOen
- Jun TataraGonroku
- Hōsei KomatsuDaihachi
- Ryūtarō GomiToramatsu
- Yoshio KaneuchiCast
- Fumio WatanabeCast
- Shōsaku SugiyamaCast
- Ikkei TamakiCast
Stills
Themes
yakuzahoodlum