- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: ja
- Country: Japan
- Director: Kenji Misumi
- Stars: Shintarō Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ōhara, Masayuki Mori, Shinnosuke Ikehata
- keywords: samurai, katana, zatoichi, ronin
- Production_studio: Katsu Production, Dainichi-Eihai, Daiei Film
- providers: Criterion Channel
- The Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival is featured in the top rankings of 1970
- #11 in Top Adventure Movies of 1970
- #58 in Top Drama Movies of 1970
- #9 in Top Action Movies of 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.