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 | Role |
|---|---|
 Shintarō KatsuRyuzen | Ryuzen |
 Mayumi OgawaOtatsu | Otatsu |
 Mikio NaritaKashiwa Shinjuro | Kashiwa Shinjuro |
| KKayo MikimotoOtsuru | Otsuru |
 Naoko KuboOen | Oen |
 Jun TataraGonroku | Gonroku |
 Hōsei KomatsuDaihachi | Daihachi |
 Ryūtarō GomiToramatsu | Toramatsu |
 Yoshio KaneuchiNot listed | Not listed |
 Fumio WatanabeNot listed | Not listed |
 Shōsaku SugiyamaNot listed | Not listed |
 Ikkei TamakiNot listed | Not listed |
 Yukio HorikitaNot listed | Not listed |
| AAkira ShigaNot listed | Not listed |
 Jun KatsumuraNot listed | Not listed |
| TTakeshi YabuuchiNot listed | Not listed |
| SSumao IshiharaNot listed | Not listed |
 Jun FujikawaNot listed | Not listed |
| HHiroyoshi NishiokaNot listed | Not listed |
| EEijirō YamaokaNot listed | Not listed |
| GGen KurokiNot listed | Not listed |
| YYutaro BanNot listed | Not listed |
| MMasayoshi KikunoNot listed | Not listed |
| TTadashi IwataNot listed | Not listed |
| KKenichi KagamiNot listed | Not listed |
| MMasako TomuraNot listed | Not listed |
| JJun ŌsugiNot listed | Not listed |
| TTaizô SengokuNot listed | Not listed |
| KKazuko TaniguchiNot listed | Not listed |