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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Live by the code. Die by the code.

7.3 / 10

116 minutes

1999-10-06

English

FR

Actors :

Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Frank Minucci, Richard Portnow, Tricia Vessey, Henry Silva, Gene Ruffini, Frank Adonis, Victor Argo, Damon Whitaker, Vince Viverito, Chuck Jeffreys, Dennis Liu, Kenny Guay

Description

An African-American Mafia hit man who models himself after the samurai of ancient Japan finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

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Reviews

CRCulver

CRCulver

6/23/2021, 3:58:09 PM

The eponymous protagonist of Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film GHOST DOG is an African-American hitman (Forest Whitaker) working for an Italian mafia in New Jersey and living according to the Hagakure, Japan's samurai code. After a hit goes wrong through no fault of the assassin's own, his mafia liaison Louie (John Tormey) is sympathetic, but explains that his superiors now want Ghost Dog dead. The film fo...