Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
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| Directed by | Jim Jarmusch |
| Produced by |
Richard Guay Jim Jarmusch |
| Written by | Jim Jarmusch |
| Starring |
Forest Whitaker John Tormey Henry Silva Cliff Gorman Isaach De Bankolé |
| Music by | RZA |
| Cinematography | Robby Müller |
| Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz |
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Pandora Filmproduktion
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) Degeto Film Plywood Productions Bac Films Canal+ JVC Entertainment Networks |
| Distributed by | Artisan Entertainment |
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116 minutes |
| Country | United States France Germany Japan |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million |
| Box office | $9.4 million |
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a 1999 American crime action film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. Forest Whitaker stars as the title character, the mysterious "Ghost Dog", a hitman in the employ of the Mafia, who follows the ancient code of the samurai as outlined in the book of Yamamoto Tsunetomo's recorded sayings, Hagakure. Critics have noted similarities between the movie and Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 film Le Samouraï.
Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) sees himself as a retainer of Louie (John Tormey), a local mobster, who saved Ghost Dog's life years ago. While living as a hired hitman for the American Mafia, he adheres to the code of the samurai, and interprets and applies the wisdom of the Hagakure in his contracts for the mob.
Louie tells Ghost Dog to kill a gangster, Handsome Frank, who is sleeping with the daughter (Tricia Vessey) of local mafia don Vargo (Henry Silva). Ghost Dog arrives and kills the gangster, before seeing that the girl is also in the room at the time; she lends him a book; he leaves her alive, and exits. In order to avoid being implicated in the murder of a made man, Vargo and his associate Sonny Valerio decide to get rid of Ghost Dog. Louie knows practically nothing about Ghost Dog, and the hitman communicates only by homing pigeon. The mobsters start by tracing all the pigeon coops in town. They find Ghost Dog's cabin atop a building and kill his pigeons. Ghost Dog realizes he must kill the entire mafia or otherwise they will kill him and his master.
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