Film

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

1970 · 1h 36m · Adventure · Action · Drama

IMDb

7.3

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.

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Ronin

Reiko Ōhara

Okiyo

Masayuki Mori

Boss Yamikubo

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Umeji

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Wife

Kō Nishimura

Migi

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Boss Kuroko

Kunie Tanaka

Osami Nabe

Jun Nagasawa

Toshie Shoji

Reiji Shoji

Yōsuke Kondō

Kenzō Tabu

(uncredited)

Yoshio Yoshida

• Kenji MisumiDirector
• Yamada TakayukiScreenplay
• Shintarō KatsuProducer · Screenplay
• Kazuo MiyagawaDirector of Photography
• Isao TomitaOriginal Music Composer
• Toshio TaniguchiEditor

Release date

August 12, 1970

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Adventure, Action, Drama

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