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Nathan and Ryan saddle up for Blind Justice (1994), a TV movie that boldly transplants the spirit of Zatoichi into a post–Civil War Western. Starring Armand Assante as a blind gunslinger escorting an orphaned boy across dangerous territory, the film blends samurai honor, frontier justice, and made-for-TV grit. The hosts discuss the movie’s odd-but-compelling cultural mashup, Assante’s intense performance, and why this forgotten Western deserves a second look from fans of genre hybrids and ’90s TV movies.
By Drive-In Double FeatureNathan and Ryan saddle up for Blind Justice (1994), a TV movie that boldly transplants the spirit of Zatoichi into a post–Civil War Western. Starring Armand Assante as a blind gunslinger escorting an orphaned boy across dangerous territory, the film blends samurai honor, frontier justice, and made-for-TV grit. The hosts discuss the movie’s odd-but-compelling cultural mashup, Assante’s intense performance, and why this forgotten Western deserves a second look from fans of genre hybrids and ’90s TV movies.