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Ghost dog : the way of the samurai
- Title
- Ghost dog : the way of the samurai / JVC, Le Studio Canal+ and BAC Films present, in association with Pandora Film and Ard/Degeto Film, a Plywood Production, a film by Jim Jarmusch.
- Publication
- Santa Monica, CA : Artisan Entertainment : Artisan Home Entertainment, [2000], ©2000.
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- Additional Authors
- Jarmusch, Jim, 1953-
- Guay, Richard A.
- Whitaker, Forest
- Tormey, John
- Gorman, Cliff
- Silva, Henry, 1928-
- Bankolé, Isaach de
- Vessey, Tricia, 1972-
- Viverito, Vince
- Winbush, Camille
- J.V.C. Company of America.
- Studio Canal+.
- B.A.C. Films.
- Plywood Productions.
- Artisan Entertainment (Firm)
- Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Description
- 1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- East meets West in this hip-hop infused samurai-gangster story in which a professional killer goes by the name of Ghost Dog and who lives by the age-old code of the samurai. When Ghost Dog's code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him, he must find a way to defend himself without breaking the code of the samurai.
- Ghost Dog is a samurai disciple, and for ten years the devoted retainer to an aging mafia foot soldier named Louie. When one of Ghost Dog's contract murders goes wrong ₇ the don's daughter is a witness ₇ her father, decides that to save face, he must have the killer "neutralized." The rest of the film follows Ghost Dog's calculated efforts to survive, as he takes out the gang members while attempting to maintain his ceremonious, mutually respectful relationship with Louie.
- Uniform Title
- Ghost dog (Motion picture : 1999)
- Alternative Title
- Way of the samurai
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Crime.
- Gangster.
- Note
- Special features: Deleted footage; 30 minute special feature "The Odyssey: Journey Into the Life of a Samurai"; music video; isolated music score by hip-hop group The Wu-Tang Clan's The RZA; 16:9 widescreen format; trailers and TV spots; cast and crew information.
- Originally issued as a motion picture in 1999.
- Credits (note)
- Edited by Jay Rabinowitz ; produced by Richard Guay & Jim Jarmusch ; written and directed by Jim Jarmusch.
- Performer (note)
- Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Isaach De Bankol, Tricia Vessey, Vince Viverito, Camille Winbush.
- Audience (note)
- Rated R (violence, language).
- System Details (note)
- DVD, Dolby digital stereo.
- OCLC
- 44870804
- ocm44870804
- SCSB-9438653
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries