Blind Fury
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| Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
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Tim Matheson Daniel Grodnik |
| Screenplay by | Charles Robert Carner |
| Story by | Charles Robert Carner |
| Based on | Zatoichi Challenged written by Ryôzô Kasahara |
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| Music by | J. Peter Robinson |
| Cinematography | Don Burgess |
| Edited by | David A. Simmons |
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| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2,692,037 (domestic) |
Blind Fury is a 1989 American samurai action film written by Charles Robert Carner (of Gymkata fame) and directed by Phillip Noyce. It is a loosely based, modernized remake of Zatoichi Challenged, the 17th film in the Japanese Zatoichi film series. The film stars Rutger Hauer as Nick Parker, a blind, sword-wielding Vietnam War veteran, who returns to the United States and befriends the son of an old friend. Parker decides to help the boy find his father, who has been kidnapped by a major crime syndicate.
Nick Parker (Rutger Hauer), an American soldier serving in the Vietnam War, is blinded by a mortar explosion, and soon after rescued by local villagers, who help him recover his health. Although he remains blind, as a part of his recovery, he is taught by the local master to be an expert swordsman, and to train his other senses.
Years later, having returned to the United States, he visits old army-buddy Frank Deveraux (Terry O'Quinn), only to find that Deveraux is missing. Parker then rescues Frank's son Billy (Brandon Call) from an attack in which Billy's mother (Meg Foster) is shot and killed by the henchmen of Frank's evil boss, MacCready (Noble Willingham). These men apparently want to kidnap Billy in order to use him as leverage over Frank.
Parker and Billy, chased by MacCready's men and lead villain (Randall "Tex" Cobb), make their way to Reno, Nevada, where Deveraux is being forced to make designer drugs, which MacCready plans to sell at his casino. Along the way, the two grow fond of each other after a rough start, and numerous attacks by the bad guys are foiled by Nick and his skills.
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