Zatoichi Goes To Fire Festival

Original title: Zatôichi abare-himatsuri
1970 | Not Rated | 1h 36m

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival 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 main character is based on a fictional character, a blind masseur and swordmaster. He was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa and set during the late Edo period (1830s and 1840s).