Hoodlum Priest And The Gold Mint (1968)
It’s cross and double-cross in these further adventures of Ryuzen, the wayward priest played by Katsu Shintaro as he tries to help a woman who may be the heir to a fortune get what is rightfully hers. Matsuo Kayo, who first rose to international stardom as ‘the supreme ninja’ in “Shogun Assassin” gives an outstanding performance in this clever and exciting caper tale set in the samurai era. Ryuzen agrees to help her, but is he just in it for himself, and is she really who she claims to be? When they come up against Boss Tobei it’s a virtual free-for-all as everyone struggles to walk away with a fortune in gold!
Director:
Kazuo Ikehiro
Writers:
Ryōzō Kasahara, Hisashi Sugiura.
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Shintarō Katsu as Ryuzen |
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Yukiji Asaoka as Okon |
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Kayo Matsuo as Otsuya |
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Taketoshi Naitō as Denhachiro Goto |
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Sonosuke Sawamura as |
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Tatsuo Endō as |
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Kenjirō Ishiyama as |
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Manabu Morita as |
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Saburo Date as |
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Gen Kimura as |
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Ikkei Tamaki as |
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Yūji Hamada as |
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Eigorō Onoe as |
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Teruko Ōmi as |
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Keiko Koyanagi as |
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Osamu Ōkawa as |
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Ranko Hikari as |
| Directing | Kazuo Ikehiro | Director |
| Camera | Fujio Morita | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ryōzō Kasahara | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hisashi Sugiura | Screenplay |
