Kōchiyama Sōshun (1936)
- Original title
- 河内山宗俊
- Directed by
- Sadao Yamanaka
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 17 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wandering priest becomes entangled with a gang of thieves in old Edo. Loyalties shift and secrets surface as he navigates a corrupt underworld.
grittymelancholicslow-burnatmospherictensesombervisually starkcharacter-driven
What happens
Kōchiyama Sōshun (河内山宗俊), also known in English as Priest of Darkness, is a 1936 Japanese jidaigeki film directed by Sadao Yamanaka. It is one of three surviving films by the director. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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