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Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

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AdventureActionDrama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

6.776/10

Release Date

12 August 1970

Country

Japan

Cast

Shintarō Katsu

Shintarō Katsu

Zatoichi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

Ronin

Reiko Ōhara

Reiko Ōhara

Okiyo

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

Boss Yamikubo

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Shinnosuke Ikehata

Umeji

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Kazuko Yoshiyuki

Wife

Kō Nishimura

Kō Nishimura

Migi

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Ryūnosuke Kaneda

Boss Kuroko

Kunie Tanaka

Kunie Tanaka

Osami Nabe

Osami Nabe

Jun Nagasawa

Jun Nagasawa

Toshie Shoji

Toshie Shoji

Reiji Shoji

Reiji Shoji

Yōsuke Kondō

Yōsuke Kondō

Kenzō Tabu

Kenzō Tabu

(uncredited)

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Eizō Kitamura

Eizō Kitamura

Osamu Ōkawa

Osamu Ōkawa

Akira Shimizu

Akira Shimizu

Takumi Shinjo

Takumi Shinjo

Akane Kawasaki

Akane Kawasaki

Teruko Ōmi

Teruko Ōmi

Yasuhiro Minakami

Yasuhiro Minakami

Yoshitaro Asawaka

Yoshitaro Asawaka

Ryūtarō Gomi

Ryūtarō Gomi

Yūji Hamada

Yūji Hamada

Ikkei Tamaki

Ikkei Tamaki

Yukio Horikita

Yukio Horikita

Takuya Kitano

Takuya Kitano

Gen Kuroki

Gen Kuroki

Gō Ibuki

Gō Ibuki

Kanae Kobayashi

Kanae Kobayashi

Jun Katsumura

Jun Katsumura

Junjiro Niizeki

Junjiro Niizeki

Masaji Nunome

Masaji Nunome

Jun Satomi

Jun Satomi

Akira Nitta

Akira Nitta

Kazuko Taniguchi

Kazuko Taniguchi

Tadashi Takadera

Tadashi Takadera

Yutaka Miki

Yutaka Miki

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