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Le Samouraï
Why this pick
A cool, ritualistic hitman study with spare dialogue, urban solitude, and an exacting personal code—the essential ancestor to Ghost Dog’s disciplined, meditative criminal world.
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MOVIE1999 1h 56m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Ghost Dog sees himself as a Retainer (medieval) of Louie, a local mobster, who saved Ghost Dog's life years earlier. While living as a hitman for the American Mafia, he adheres to the code of the samurai, and interprets and applies the wisdom of the ''Hagakure''.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Forest Whitaker
Ghost Dog
Vince Viverito
Johnny Morini
Gene Ruffini
Old Consigliere
Frank Adonis
Bodyguard
Isaach De Bankolé
Raymond
Chuck Jeffreys
Mugger
Gano Grills
Gangsta in Red
Jamie Hector
Gangsta in Red