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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Part of a Collection: 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.

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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Name: Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Director: Kenji Misumi
Genre: Adventure, Action, Drama
Released: 1970-08-12
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Shintarō Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ōhara, Masayuki Mori, Shinnosuke Ikehata

IMDb 6.8 1970

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.

Country Japan

Genres

Adventure , Action , Drama

Released 1970-08-12

Director

Kenji Misumi

Studio

Katsu Production , Dainichi-Eihai , Daiei Film

Cast

Shintarō Katsu , Tatsuya Nakadai , Reiko Ōhara , Masayuki Mori , Shinnosuke Ikehata

Part of a Collection: Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection

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