Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival
Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival

座頭市あばれ火祭り
Zatōichi Abarehi Matsuri
Zatoichi Fire Festival
Director | Kenji Misumi |
Producer | Shintaro Katsu |
Assistant Producer | Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
Original Story |
Kan Shimozawa Nobuo Ono |
Screenplay |
Takayuki Yamada Shintaro Katsu |
Photography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Genji Nakaoka |
Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka |
Music | Isao Tomita |
Editor | Toshio Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Dainichi Films, Daiei, Katsu Productions |
Release Date | August 12, 1970 |
Runtime | 96 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) |
Followed by | Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) |
![]() 座頭市あばれ火祭り Zatōichi Abarehi Matsuri Zatoichi Fire Festival |
Director | Kenji Misumi |
Producer | Shintaro Katsu |
Assistant Producer | Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
Original Story |
Kan Shimozawa Nobuo Ono |
Screenplay |
Takayuki Yamada Shintaro Katsu |
Photography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
Sound | Masao Osumi |
Lighting | Genji Nakaoka |
Art | Yoshinobu Nishioka |
Music | Isao Tomita |
Editor | Toshio Taniguchi |
Production Companies | Dainichi Films, Daiei, Katsu Productions |
Release Date | August 12, 1970 |
Runtime | 96 minutes |
Preceded by | Zatoichi Meets Yojimbo (1970) |
Followed by | Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971) |
Zatoichi serves a client who is purchasing a mistress at auction. Moved by the mistress’ story, Zatoichi intercepts the client’s caravan and abducts her. He gives her shelter for the night and allows her to slip away on her own, but she is immediately killed by her former husband, who is now a ronin. The ronin has been tracking down every man who ever touched his wife, and now has his sights set on Zatoichi.
Zatoichi visits a large gathering of yakuza bosses led by the big boss Yamikubo. Yamikubo, who is also blind, lures Zatoichi in a false sense of security. In reality Yamikubo sees Zatoichi as a potential threat to his enterprise and decides to have him killed. The initial assassination attempt fails, so Yamikubo decides to send the daughter of his second-in-command, Okiyo, to tempt Zatoichi; he hopes that Zatoichi will drop his guard around her and allow for an easier kill. The plan is foiled when Okiyo instead falls in love with Zatoichi and tries to send him away from Yamikubo. Yamikubo learns of this and takes Okiyo hostage.
Zatoichi is invited to attend a yearly festival hosted by Yamikubo. Yamikubo challenges Zatoichi to a high stakes game: Zatoichi’s life for Okiyo’s. Zatoichi agrees, but is tricked and Yamikubo’s men attempt to burn him alive. Zatoichi escapes and hides in the grounds of Yamikubo’s estate, killing the yakuza when they come to find him. Yamikubo draws him out by threatening Okiyo. Zatoichi disarms himself, but uses a pair of metal chopsticks to defend himself and kill Yamikubo. The ronin appears and allows Zatoichi to escape, only to duel him later. Zatoichi kills the ronin, and takes his leave from Okiyo.
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Top Billed Cast

Zatoichi

Okiyo

Umeji

The Ronin's Wife

Migi

Boss Kuroko

Drunk Traveler

Auctioneer

Ruffian

Rest Stop Owner's Wife

Rest Stop Owner

Kashimoto

Lecherous Bidder

Motojime

Yakuza

Yakuza

Disgraced Yakuza

Bathhouse Mistress

Yakuza

Yakuza

Yakuza

Yakuza

Yakuza

Peasant Woman

Yakuza

Boss Yamikubo

The Ronin
製作 Producer |
勝新太郎 Shintaro Katsu |
製作補佐 Assistant Producer |
西岡弘善 Hiroyoshi Nishioka |
原作 Original Story |
子母沢寛 Kan Shimozawa |
脚本 Screenplay |
山田隆之 Takayuki Yamada |
勝新太郎 Shintaro Katsu |
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(篇中一部分宇野信夫作「雲の別路」より) From an excerpt of Nobuo Uno’s work “Another Path of the Cloud” |
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撮影 Photography |
宮川一夫 Kazuo Miyagawa |
録音 Sound |
大角正夫 Masao Osumi |
照明 Lighting |
中岡源権 Genji Nakaoka |
美術 Art |
西岡善信 Yoshinobu Nishioka |
音楽 Music |
富田勲 Isao Tomita |
編集 Editor |
谷口登司夫 Toshio Taniguchi |
衣裳考証 Costume Research |
上野芳生 Yoshio Ueno |
音響効果 Sound Effects |
倉島暢 Manabu Kurashima |
擬斗 Action |
楠本栄一 Eiichi Kusumoto |
助監督 Assistant Director |
国原俊明 Toshiaki Kohara |
製作主任 Production Manager |
眞田正典 Masanori Sanada |
語り手 Narrator |
近藤洋介 Yosuke Kondo |
現像 Developing |
東洋現像所 Toyo Laboratory |
出演者 Performers |
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勝新太郎 Shintaro Katsu |
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大原麗子(東映) Reiko Ohara (Toei) |
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ピーター Peter |
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吉行和子 Kazuko Yoshiyuki |
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西村晃 Ko Nishimura |
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金田龍之介 Ryunosuke Kaneda |
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田中邦衛 Kunie Tanaka |
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なべおさみ Osami Nabe |
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長沢純 Jun Nagasawa |
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正司敏江・玲児 Toshie & Reiko Shoji |
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近藤洋介 Yosuke Kondo |
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田武謙三 Kenzo Tabu |
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吉田義夫 Yoshio Yoshida |
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北村英三 Eizo Kitamura |
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大川修 Osamu Okawa |
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清水彰 Akira Shimizu |
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新條多久美 Kumi Shinjita |
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川崎あかね Akane Kawasaki |
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近江輝子 Teruko Omi |
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水上保広 Yasuhiro Minakami |
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浅若芳太郎 Yoshitaro Asawaka |
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五味龍太郎 Ryutaro Gomi |
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浜田雄史 Yuji Hamada |
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玉置一恵 Kazue Tamaki |
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堀北幸夫 Yukio Horikita |
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北野拓也 Takuya Kitano |
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黒木現 Gen Kuroki |
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伊吹新吾 Shingo Ibuki |
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小林加奈枝 Kanae Kobayashi |
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勝村淳 Jun Katsumura |
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新関順司郎 Shinjiro Shinsho |
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布目真爾 Masa Tsuyoshi |
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里見潤 Jun Satomi |
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新田章 Aya Nitta |
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谷口和子 Kazuko Taniguchi |
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高寺正 Masa Takadera |
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三木豊 Yutaka Miki |
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森雅之(東宝) Masayuki Mori (Toho) |
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仲代達矢 Tatsuya Nakadai |
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監督 Director |
三隅研次 Kenji Misumi |