Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (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.
Director:
Kenji Misumi
Writers:
Yamada Takayuki, Shintarō Katsu.
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Shintarō Katsu as Zatoichi |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Ronin |
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Reiko Ōhara as Okiyo |
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Masayuki Mori as Boss Yamikubo |
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Shinnosuke Ikehata as Umeji |
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Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Wife |
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Kō Nishimura as Migi |
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Ryūnosuke Kaneda as Boss Kuroko |
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Kunie Tanaka as |
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Osami Nabe as |
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Jun Nagasawa as |
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Toshie Shoji as |
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Reiji Shoji as |
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Yōsuke Kondō as |
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Kenzō Tabu as (uncredited) |
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Yoshio Yoshida as |
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Eizō Kitamura as |
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Osamu Ōkawa as |
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Akira Shimizu as |
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Takumi Shinjo as |
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Akane Kawasaki as |
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Teruko Ōmi as |
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Yasuhiro Minakami as |
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Yoshitaro Asawaka as |
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Ryūtarō Gomi as |
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Yūji Hamada as |
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Ikkei Tamaki as |
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Yukio Horikita as |
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Takuya Kitano as |
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Gen Kuroki as |
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Gō Ibuki as |
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Kanae Kobayashi as |
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Jun Katsumura as |
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Junjiro Niizeki as |
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Masaji Nunome as |
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Jun Satomi as |
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Akira Nitta as |
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Kazuko Taniguchi as |
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Tadashi Takadera as |
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Yutaka Miki as |
| Directing | Kenji Misumi | Director |
| Sound | Isao Tomita | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Kazuo Miyagawa | Director of Photography |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Production Design |
| Editing | Toshio Taniguchi | Editor |
| Writing | Yamada Takayuki | Screenplay |
| Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka | Art Direction |
| Directing | Toshiaki Kunihara | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Kan Shimozawa | Original Story |
| Production | Shintarō Katsu | Producer |
| Writing | Shintarō Katsu | Screenplay |
| Production | Hiroyoshi Nishioka | Producer's Assistant |
| Sound | Masao Ōsumi | Sound Engineer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yoshio Ueno | Costume Design |