Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)
- Original title
- 座頭市あばれ火祭り
- Directed by
- Kenji Misumi
- Genre
- drama film, yakuza film
- Country
- Japan
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 46 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A blind masseur and swordsman travels to a village preparing for a fire festival. He gets caught up in a conflict between rival yakuza gangs.
action-packedstylizeddramaticmelancholictenseatmosphericslow-burnvisceral
What happens
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (座頭市あばれ火祭り) 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 protagonist, who works as a masseur during the late Edo period (1830s and 1840s), was created by novelist Kan Shimozawa. Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival was the last film in the original saga of Zatoichi (1962–1989) directed by Misumi, who had also directed the first film of the series, and several others as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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