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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

R ★ 7.3/10 116 min Crime, Drama France, Germany, Japan, United States English
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Story Consultant: Sara Driver
Writer: Jim Jarmusch
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Live by the code. Die by the code.

Description

A Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

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Top Cast

Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker Ghost Dog
John Tormey
John Tormey Louie
Cliff Gorman
Cliff Gorman Sonny Valerio
Frank Minucci
Frank Minucci Big Angie
Richard Portnow
Richard Portnow Handsome Frank
Tricia Vessey
Tricia Vessey Louise Vargo
Henry Silva
Henry Silva Ray Vargo
Gene Ruffini
Gene Ruffini Old Consigliere

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Appears on 7 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1052
Essential Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #35

Critic Curated

Entertainment Weekly’s 50 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen (1991-2011)
Entertainment Weekly #19
Indiewire's 100 Best Movies Of The 1990s
IndieWire #100
Paste Magazines 50 Best Movies Of The Decade 2000-2009
Paste Magazine #28
The Ringers The 50 Best Movies Of 1999
The Ringer #41

Temporal Era Sets

90 Great Films Of The 1990s
British Film Institute #87

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