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

Movie·1968·1h 30m

Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder

Directed By

Takashi Harada

Country

Japan

Language

Japanese

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The Story

Original title: 極悪坊主 人斬り数え唄

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

Written By

Eimei Yamamoto, Akira Murao

Cinematography

Nagaki Yamagishi

Music

Isao Tomita

Themes

martial artsgamblingbuddhismyakuzapriest任侠

Production House

Toei Company

Audience Score

67%

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Timepass26%
Go for it38%
Perfection25%

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Cast

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Tomisaburō Wakayama

Shinkai

Bunta Sugawara

Bunta Sugawara

Ryutatsu

Asao Koike

Asao Koike

Eitarō Ozawa

Eitarō Ozawa

Masumi Tachibana

Masumi Tachibana

Tōru Abe

Tōru Abe

Eiko Takehara

Bin Amatsu

Bin Amatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Hōsei Komatsu

Akira Shioji

Akira Shioji

Takashi Ebata

Takashi Ebata

Masumi Harukawa

Masumi Harukawa

Hideto Kagawa

Hideko Mikimoto

Takuzō Kawatani

Takuzō Kawatani

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Crew

Takashi Harada

Director

Eimei Yamamoto

Screenplay

Akira Murao

Screenplay

Isao Tomita

Original Music Composer

Nagaki Yamagishi

Director of Photography

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