Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

1970

Japanese

7.3

♡ 9

79%

Kenji Misumi Director

Masayuki Mori as Dark Lord Yamikubo

Osami Nabe as Mistress Auctioneer

Kunie Tanaka as Packhorse Driver

Tatsuya Nakadai as Ronin

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.