Blind Fury

Blind Fury is a 1989 American action comedy film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Rutger Hauer, Brandon Call, Terry O'Quinn, Lisa Blount, Randall "Tex" Cobb, and Noble Willingham. The screenplay by Charles Robert Carner is a loosely based, modernized remake of Zatoichi Challenged, the 17th film in the Japanese Zatoichi film series.

Blind Fury
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPhillip Noyce
Screenplay byCharles Robert Carner
Story byCharles Robert Carner
Based onZatoichi Challenged
by Ryôzô Kasahara
Produced byTim Matheson
Daniel Grodnik
Starring
  • Rutger Hauer
  • Terrance O'Quinn
  • Lisa Blount
  • Randall "Tex" Cobb
  • Noble Willingham
CinematographyDon Burgess
Edited byDavid A. Simmons
Music byJ. Peter Robinson
Production
company
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release dates
  • August 17, 1989 (1989-08-17) (West Germany)
  • March 16, 1990 (1990-03-16) (United States)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,692,037 (domestic)

The film follows Nick Parker (Hauer), 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.

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