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Movie Description
BLIND FURY is based on the series of Japanese movies made during the 1960s that featured Zatoichi, a wandering blind swordfighter. Updated and Americanized by scriptwriter Charles Robert Carner and director Phillip Noyce, Zatoichi is now Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer), a soldier blinded in action in the Vietnam War and nursed back to health by Vietnamese villagers. Nick develops an acute sense of hearing and, in spite of his disability, becomes a master swordsman--all during the opening credits.
BLIND FURY retains the mixture of humor, violence, and sentiment that characterized the original films. Left in charge of young Billy Devereaux (Brandon Call) after the death of his mother, Nick takes Billy across the United States by bus. However, the pair is menaced by overwhelming numbers of vicious thugs led by Slag (Randall "Tex" Cobb, who plays the bounty hunter in the Coen brothers' RAISING ARIZONA) on the journey. Nick, of course, handles these predicaments with casual skill, luck, good humor, and his trusty hidden samurai sword.
Synopsis
Caught in the fire of a gangland vendetta against his best friend, a blind Vietnam vet and his buddy's son go on a cross-country trek while being pursued by a barbaric band of homicidal thugs. With the calm of a Zen master, the dead-on blind warrior slices his way out of a succession of funny predicaments with his hidden samurai sword.
Film Notes
BLIND FURY is based on the popular Japanese samurai series from the 1960s, featuring Zatoichi, the blind warrior. In these films, Zatoichi was played by Shintaru Katsu.
The film is the American feature debut for Australian director Phillip Noyce.
Estimated budget: $7-10 million.
DVD Features:
Region (unknown)
Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround - English, Spanish, Portuguese
Subtitles - English, Spanish, Portutguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai - Optional
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