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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a 1999 crime drama film produced, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Forest Whitaker as the title character, a hitman for the mafia who adheres to the ancient warrior code of the samurai, as outlined in the book of Yamamoto Tsunetomo's recorded sayings, Hagakure. The cast also features Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Isaach de Bankolé, Victor Argo and Camille Winbush. The…
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For a relative brief moment in 1990s, Quentin Tarantino enjoyed status of the king of American independent cinema. But when he went mainstream, the title went back someone that seemed more suitable both before and afterwards, someone who had easier time winning festival awards and critics while disregarding tastes general public. That someone was Jim Jarmusch, whose 1999 crime drama *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samura…More
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Source # Plot Ghost Dog lives in a hut on top of the roof of an abandoned building, with only the company of his carrier pigeons. His day is spent carrying out his duties as a murderer in the service of Louie, a mafia boss who years previously intervened to protect him from being killed by a bunch of white fanatics. These tasks are punctuated by reading and adhering to the standards of honor of an ancient samurai co…More
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Ghost Dog, played by Forest Whitaker, is a hit man for the mob. He is also a samurai. He is also a car thief, and a philosopher. When he was younger, Louie (John Tormey) stopped three punks from beating Ghost Dog to death. Four years later, Ghost Dog informs Louie that he is in Louie's service. They work out a deal. On the first day of autumn, Louie pays his retainer for all the work he has done the past year. In th…More
Although this movie isn't a classic, I would understand why some people loved it. At first, we see a character that seems like a misfit, he follows some kind of samurai code, he lives on his own with a bunch of pigeons and his life is very lonely with not much going on. The story is mainly about crime, and a bit of philosophizing here and there following some Japanese doctrine, which in my opinion, turned out to be…More
