[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Action packed, funny, disturbing, thought provoking coolness.

Zatoichi!
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[Tiara]

Blind Samourai? Why does that make me think of Rutger Hauer?

[mikhael]

Because there was a Rutger Hauer flick called Blind Samurai--or at least there was one in which he PLAYED a blind swordsman.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Actually IIRC it was called Blind Fury. Never seen it though.
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[J3Vr6]

Blind Fury ROCKED.  I love that movie.

Did you know that the kid in the movie later was in Baywatch as Michael Knight's son?

[Tiara]

Originally posted by mikhael
Because there was a Rutger Hauer flick called Blind Samurai--or at least there was one in which he PLAYED a blind swordsman.

My question was kinda rhetoric, but yeah

[Flaser]

This story was processed in over 20 other films in Japan, it's one of their classics, the way Europeans handle Hamlet.

Zatoichi is just the latest producer/director to make his version.

[Cabbie]

Kitano Takeshi is a man among men.

[Grey Wolf]

Speaking of Japanese movies, I really need to get around to watching the Kurosawa movies...