Description:

Gokuaku bozu: nenbutsu sandangiri - In Meiji Period Japan, the carrying of swords has been outlawed, so Shikai, the Killer Priest carries his sword disguised as a Priest's staff.

Shinkai arrives in his hometown to finally give his mother a decent Buddhist memorial service, twenty years after her death. During a stopover in a gambling den, Shinkai runs into his childhood friend, now a yakuza gunman, in a dispute with the local crime boss. Shinkai rescues him but the friend is resentful and feels his manhood has been insulted by Shinkai.

Later Shinkai finds the local river workers being horribly exploited by the local crime bosses and he forces them to give all the workers pay raises. This doesn't fit in their plans so the bosses hire the gunman and few others to kill Shinkai. Meanwhile Shinkai meets a "Wicked Nun" who can fight and swindle with the best of them.

Director: Takashi Harada

Stars: Tomisaburo Wakayama, Bunta Sugawara, Ichiro Nakatani