Shintarô Katsu, Tatsuya Nakadai, Reiko Ohara, Masayuki Mori
Misumi Kenji's Zatoichi: The Festival of Fire finds the famous blind swordsman becoming mixed up with a blind but powerful gangster. The town is a brutal place where women and children are regularly a... read more 
DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
Stats: 42 reviews
Carry on Zatoichi? Well, not quite but there are a few naughty bits. The shower scene and the dream sequence were a bit different for a Zatoichi film, as was the homosexual Yakuza wannabe - I wonder whether this was the source of inspiration for Takeshi's version? Anyway, this wa... read more
Zatoichi returns in his most risqué adventure. We even see boobs and have have hints at homosexuality...COR BLIMEY. It has all the right ingredients and lots of memorable moments. The best part is a frantic, nude, bath house sword fight that predates the Eastern Promise scene by... read more
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