Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
Genre: Crime / Comedy
Duration: 116 minuten
Country:
United States / Germany / France / Japan
Directed by: Jim Jarmusch
Stars: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva and Cliff Gorman
IMDb score:
7,5 (103.457)
Releasedate: 2 June 1999
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai plot
"Live by the code. Die by the code."
Ghost Dog lives above the world, along with a flock of birds, in a self-built cage on the roof of an abandoned building. Ghost Dog, an assassin by trade, is guided by an ancient samurai text. He can disappear into the night and move around the city unnoticed. One day, Ghost Dog's code is betrayed by a deranged mafia family who sometimes hire his services. He reacts like a real samurai.
Actors and actresses
Ghost Dog
Louie
Raymond
Sonny Valerio
Ray Vargo
Louise Vargo
Vinny
Pearline
Old Consigliere
Handsome Frank
Reviews & comments
NYSe
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- 1749 messages
- 1611 votes
The Jarmusch Touch
The film may be messy in some places - the editing is sometimes a bit stiff, we know better camera work by Müller and a few jokes could have been written and/or brought a bit more sharply - but Ghost Dog is still enjoyable from start to finish.
Jarmusch mixes things up and turns it into a postmodern party: a black samurai from the hip-hop scene versus cartoon-addicted, run-down mafiosi. A slow action movie, a cold-hearted crime movie, a contemporary western, a tragic comedy, a funny tragedy; Ghost Dog is it all.
And then there are the great roles of Isaach de Bankolé and Gary Farmer and the fantastic soundtrack by RZA.
Delicious. Add half a point.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
Meanwhile, the number of films seen by Jarmusch is increasing to an acceptable level and you also know what to expect. Perhaps not unimportant, if only to have the right expectations when you see a random film (by him). Because, in terms of content it is very little in itself, but the flair and light-heartedness with which Jarmusch approaches his films are often certainly worth the effort.
That satirical approach succeeds wonderfully in the potpourri of samurai, hip-hop and mafia bosses. Basically impossible subjects to cast in one film, but Jarmusch does it, and not that bad. Only those book passages were a bit less for me, they took me out of the drive of the film. They contributed a little too little to what was to come.
It's all clichéd and simple, but it works. I do like to see Forest Whitaker perform, maybe not his most memorable role, but I quite enjoyed it.
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