Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival(1970)

Name: Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Director: Kenji Misumi
Released: 1970-08-12
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ōhara, Masayuki Mori, Shinnosuke Ikehata

08/12/1970 (US)Adventure, Action, Drama1h 36m

6.6

Overview

The blind masseuse is targeted by the leader of a powerful yakuza group while also fending off a jealous husband bent on revenge. Zatoichi tours Edo's underground via a rousing onsen fight scene, gambling houses and the gender-bending character of Umeji, before a final, flame-filled conflagration.

Kenji Misumi

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Yamada Takayuki

Screenplay

Shintarō Katsu

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Part of the Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

The colossally popular Zatoichi films make up the longest-running action series in Japanese history and created one of the screen’s great heroes: an itinerant blind masseur who also happens to be a lightning-fast swordsman. As this iconic figure, the charismatic and earthy Shintaro Katsu became an instant superstar, lending a larger-than-life presence to the thrilling adventures of a man who lives staunchly by a code of honor and delivers justice in every town and village he enters.