Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
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Plot.
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.
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Currently Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Amazon Video
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Cast & Crew.

Shintarō Katsu
Zatoichi / Producer / Screenplay

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

Kenzō Tabu
(uncredited)

Kenji Misumi
Director

Isao Tomita
Original Music Composer

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography

Toshio Taniguchi
Editor

Yoshinobu Nishioka
Production Design / Art Direction

Yamada Takayuki
Screenplay

Toshiaki Kunihara
Assistant Director

Masao Ôsumi
Sound Engineer

Hiroyoshi Nishioka
Producer's Assistant

Kan Shimozawa
Original Story

Yoshio Ueno
Costume Design

Toshie Shoji

Teruko Omi

Tadashi Takadera

Jun Satomi

Akane Kawasaki

Yutaka Miki

Yukio Horikita

Reiji Shoji

Yoshitaro Asawaka
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Details.
Release DateAugust 12, 1970
Original Name座頭市あばれ火祭り
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
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Wiki.
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (座頭市あばれ火祭り) is a 1970 Japanese Chambara film directed by Kenji Misumi and starring Shintaro Katsu, who also produced and co-wrote the script. It is the twenty-first of a series of films featuring the blind swordsman Zatoichi. The protagonist, who works as a masseur during the late Edo period (1830s and 1840s), was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa.
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival was the last film in the original saga of Zatoichi (1962–1989) directed by Misumi, who had also directed the first film of the series, and several others as well.
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