Overview
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.
| Actor | Age then | Age now | |
|---|---|---|---|
 | 35 | June 21, 1997 (65) | |
 | 28 | 85 | |
 | 32 | April 9, 1990 (55) | |
 | - | - | |
 | 35 | 92 | |
 | 50 | September 30, 2006 (89) | |
 | 41 | July 11, 2003 (76) | |
 | 34 | August 31, 2013 (80) | |
 | 34 | August 7, 1992 (59) | |
 | 38 | August 4, 2004 (74) |