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.
Kimiyoshi Yasuda
Director
Shintarō Katsu
Ryuzen
Mayumi Ogawa
Otatsu
Mikio Narita
Kashiwa Shinjuro
Kayo Mikimoto
Otsuru
Naoko Kubo
Oen
Jun Tatara
Gonroku
Hōsei Komatsu
Daihachi
Ryūtarō Gomi
Toramatsu
Yoshio Kaneuchi
American Yakuza58%
龍が如く 劇場版65%
DEAD OR ALIVE 犯罪者63%
極道戦国志 不動66%
東京流れ者70%
現代やくざ 人斬り与太68%
帰って来た女必殺拳64%
仁義の墓場66%
野獣の青春69%
殺しの烙印71%
仁義なき戦い 広島死闘篇73%
BAD CITY69%
ヘルドッグス70%
新・仁義の墓場62%
土竜の唄 潜入捜査官 REIJI61%
やさぐれ姐御伝 総括リンチ60%
仁義なき戦い72%
FULL METAL 極道58%
荒ぶる魂たち64%
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair81%
