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Is Rutger Hauer a samurai??? I watched a movie last night called blind fury... that was almost Zatoichi.. But not at all like it too.

It was weird but I couldn't stop watching it, it was like a train wreck or a guy playing with dynamite.

Rutger Hauer played a blind swordsman, what get's me though is that he actually had some moves. Man it's weird.

As far as I know, the main character in "Blind Fury" was inspired by Zato Ichi.

Neat....I never hurd of that movie- you might want to do some resurch on that ^^ that should be very interesting to find out

Rutger Hauer? by his name alone you can tell hes not a samurai.

miyamoto musashi wrote:Rutger Hauer? by his name alone you can tell hes not a samurai.

I think that the question was: is the character played by Rutger Hauer a samurai.

Oh, you kids these days. Rutger Hauer IS samurai-- he is "one who serves" the film industry, although less now than in the grim days of the 1980's. A short list of movies that anyone old enough to enjoy a mature (not "adult", mind) movie:
The Hitcher-- Rutger as Psychotic Killer
Flesh and Blood-- as Psychotic 17th Century Mercenary
Blade Runner-- as Psychotic Android
Split Second-- as Psychotic London Future Cop
Blind Fury-- as Blind Swordsman
Ladyhawke-- as Knight and Part-Time Wolf
Fatherland-- as Nazi Good Cop
Bleeders-- as Very Drunk Doctor
(Note 1: As a Dutchman, he's probably not acting too much)
(Note 2: This is a rather good adaptation of H.P.Lovecraft's "The Lurking Fear")
Omega Doom-- as Psychotic Android Toshiro Mifune
(Note: this one is only good if you REALLY liked "Yojimbo")

Check him out on IMDB-- he's been in a LOT of stuff, ranging from dreadful grade Q action to annoying Euopean art films.

As far as his "Blind Fury" character being a samurai-- technically not, since he's very blond and the people he learned sword-form from were rather more Vietnamese/Laotian than Japanese. It made for a slightly more convincing way of getting a modern, blond, "American" guy the Zatoichi skill-set.

well, then hes not a samurai in both cases.

Out of all these movies I've only seen "Blade Runner", "Ladyhawke" and "Fatherland" (btw., shouldn't it be "Vaterland"?).

What does "IMDB" mean?

I mean da best?

and i havent seen any of the movies

Mhh....well you cant say whats the best...out of all the movies you would have to make that judgement yourself perhaps

(btw., shouldn't it be "Vaterland"?).

Ganz bestimmt, but it was made for a North American audience, and we're pathetically monoglot over here.

What does "IMDB" mean?

Oop. Internet Movie Data Base. Occasionally incorrect, but generally useful.

i meant the meaning of IMDB, not those movies are the best