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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, 1999
English, French
France, Germany, USA, Japan
Profile of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
The mood of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is contemplative, gloomy, and captivating. The plot centers around lone wolves, hitmen, and misfits. It is a drama, independent, and crime movie. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The setting is New York. It happens in the 1990s. The musical score is hip hop. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed and original. Note that it includes strong violent content and profanity.
Summary of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Eastern and Western cultures and philosophies intersect in this comic drama from acclaimed director Jim Jarmusch. Ghost Dog (Forest Whitaker) is a silent modern-day warrior who lives on a rooftop shack. He spends his days breeding pigeons and playing chess in the park with his best friend, Raymond (Isaach de Bankolé), a French-speaking ice-cream man. At night he goes to work as a hit man, performing his tasks stealthily and invisibly, abiding by the codes established by HAGAKURE: THE BOOK OF THE SAMURAI, an 18th-century text. One night, while on his latest hit, Ghost Dog encounters a mob boss's beautiful daughter, Louise (Tricia Vessey). Although Ghost Dog leaves her unharmed, her father nonetheless orders Ghost Dog's execution, to the dismay of Louie (John Tormey), his loyal retainer. As the mobsters struggle to locate the mysteriously untraceable Ghost Dog, he must find a way to protect himself while remaining loyal to Louie and the ancient codes that define him as an individual. Jarmusch successfully tackles a variety of genres with GHOST DOG, including mob movies and spiritual samurai films. Fusing all of this with the RZA's thumping, atmospheric score, GHOST DOG remains another lighthearted, entertaining addition to Jarmusch's impressive filmography.
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| Language: | English, French |
| Country: | France, Germany, USA, Japan |
| Release date: | 6 October 1999 |
| Runtime: | 116 min |
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as Ghost Dog
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Critics Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
Jim Jarmusch has come up with something strange and amazing.
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- by: Bob Graham
Film.com
What makes the film so special is that while tickling your postmodern funnybone, it never forgets to make you care for its characters, in a welcome, and almost traditional way.
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- by: Peter Brunette
Users Reviews
It's a great movie just don't take it seriously no matter how hard it tries to me make you believe that it's being serious. For example: The character Ghost Dog is such a serious character he grabs your attention from the beginning, but they decided...
- 20.March.2009
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- by: chrgeorgeson
- chrgeorgeson rated this movie6/10Okay
From the title I expected this movie to be a corny mix of genres without any plot, but I was happily wrong. I really empathized with Ghost Dog throughout the movie, and he made the choices that I hoped he would. Wonderfully written and...
- 30.January.2009
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- by: theymos
- theymos rated this movie
9/10Amazing
