Life of Hishakaku 2

May 25, 1963

1h 36m

★ 8.2

Overview

Upon his release from the prison, Hishakaku joins the Kikkyo family who is struggling to regain their turf from their rival, Domoto family. To reciprocate the kindness of the Kikkyos, Hishakaku heads to meet the leader of Domoto, Osumi, and finds himself emotionally involved with her.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Toei Company

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Cast

Koji Tsuruta

Yoshiko Sakuma

Hideo Murata

Ryūnosuke Tsukigata

Tatsuo Umemiya

Hiroyuki Nagato

Eijirō Tōno

Mikijiro Hira

Rinichi Yamamoto

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

8.0

Life of Hishakaku

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5.9

Wicked Priest

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0.0

Gamblers and Racketeers

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0.0

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6.4

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0.0

Ruthless Gambler

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0.0

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6.5

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0.0

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6.0

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7.0

Shinjuku's Number One Drunk-Killer Tetsu

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0.0

A Modern Yakuza: Three Decoy Blood Brothers

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6.5

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0.0

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5.0

Yakuza on Foot

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6.0

Eight Views of Samurai

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0.0

The Boss

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