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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder
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Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

1968-11-30 · 90 min · ★ 6.7

Action · Drama

The long awaited second film in the Wicked Priest series is a masterpiece of sword swinging fury as Shinkai is asked by a man on the run to bring his young son to live with his grandfather, the master of a ju-jitsu dojo during the Taisho period of the early 20th century. Shinkai then runs afoul of a gangster group using strong-arm tactics to take over the profits from local gambling. When he proves to be more than they can handle, they hire the one man who has the ability to kill Shinkai and exact revenge, Ryotatsu, the karate priest whom Shinkai blinded in the first film. This ultra-violent entry has long been considered the best movie in the series and never made its way to home video before. See a spectacular display of Wakayama Tomisaburo’s martial art expertise in this action packed film. The Holy Grail of sword movies has arrived at last! /Winterheart of CG

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Directors
Takashi Harada
Production companies
Toei Company
Countries
Japan
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tomisaburō WakayamaTomisaburō WakayamaShinkai
Bunta SugawaraBunta SugawaraRyutatsu
Asao KoikeAsao Koike
Eitarō OzawaEitarō Ozawa
Masumi TachibanaMasumi Tachibana
Tōru AbeTōru Abe
Eiko Takehara
Bin AmatsuBin Amatsu
Hōsei KomatsuHōsei Komatsu
Akira ShiojiAkira Shioji
Takashi EbataTakashi Ebata
Masumi HarukawaMasumi Harukawa
Hideto Kagawa
Hideko Mikimoto
Takuzō KawataniTakuzō KawataniThug

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