Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai
by Jim Jarmusch
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Actor: Cliff Gorman, Dennis Liu, Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John TormeyDirector: Jim Jarmusch
Brand: WHITAKER,FOREST
Cinematographer: Robby M?ller
Producer: Jim Jarmusch
Writer: Jim Jarmusch
Editor: Jay Rabinowitz
Producer: Diana Schmidt
Producer: Richard Guay
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 116 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-08-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
Movie Reviews of Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai
Movie Review: not your usual samurai movie.
Summary: 4 Stars
If ur a Forest Whitacker fan you will enjoy this movie. I love it every time i see it. This guy embodies the philosophies of the ancient text hagakure. This movie is fun to watch not to be taken very seriously, but if you like martial arts movies you should like this too.
Summary of Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai
A black hitman goes by the name Ghost Dog and lives by the code of the samurai.Genre: Feature Film Urban Action
Rating: R
Release Date: 21-OCT-2003
Media Type: DVD
Forest Whitaker makes an unlikely modern samurai with his laser-sighted pistols, shabby street clothes, and oddly graceful gait--but then Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is an unusual film. Quirky, contemplative, and at times absurd, it's just the kind offbeat vision we've come to expect from the fiercely independent Jim Jarmusch (Stranger than Paradise, Dead Man). Whitaker is Ghost Dog, a mysterious New York hit man who lives simply on a tenement rooftop and follows a code of behavior outlined in Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai (passages of this book are interspersed throughout the film). When the local mob marks him for death in a complicated code of Mafiosi-style honor, Ghost Dog sends a cryptic message to his foes. "That's poetry. The poetry of war," remarks mobster Henry Silva, with sudden respect upon reading the verse. He could be describing the ethereal beauty of Jarmusch's vision, full of wonderful imagery (a night drive across town seems to float in time) and off-center humor. Though it briefly stalls in a series of assassinations (Jarmusch is no action director), it settles back into character-driven drama in a quietly epic showdown, equal parts samurai adventure, spaghetti western, and existential crime movie. The film is likely too unconventional and offbeat for general audiences, but cult-movie buffs and Jarmusch fans will appreciate his idiosyncratic vision. He finds a strange sense of honor in the clash of Old World traditions, and salutes his heroes with a skewed but sincere respect. --Sean Axmaker
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