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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Movie
Audience Score
67
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NR 1 hr 36 minAction, Drama, AdventureZatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection PosterPart of Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman Collection
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.
StarringShintarō KatsuTatsuya NakadaiReiko Ōhara
DirectorKenji Misumi

Movie Details

Original Language:Japanese
Production Companies:Katsu Production, Dainichi-Eihai, Daiei Film
Movie Tags:
samuraikatanaroninzatoichi

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.