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.
Practical Effects
That fire finale — real flames, real stunt performers, real chaos.
Acting
Shinnosuke Ikehata's Umeji steals every scene with magnetic ambiguity.
Direction
Misumi builds tension like he's got a personal grudge against calm.
Director
Kenji Misumi
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