Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Appearance
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival | |
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Directed by | Kenji Misumi |
Written by | Shintaro Katsu Takayuki Yamada Kan Shimozawa (story) |
Produced by | Shintaro Katsu Hiroyoshi Nishioka (asst. producer) |
Starring | Shintaro Katsu Tatsuya Nakadai |
Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
Music by | Akira Ifukube |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 min |
Country | Japanese |
Language | Japan |
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival is a 1970 Japanese film directed by Kenji Misumi. 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).
Cast
- Shintaro Katsu − Zatoichi
- Reiko Ôhara - Okiyo
- Masayuki Mori − Dark Lord Yamikubo
- Tatsuya Nakadai − Ronin
- Kô Nishimura - Migi
- Ryûnosuke Kaneda − Boss Kuroko [1]
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