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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)

Name: Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Genre: drama film, action film, crime film
Duration: 116 min
Rating: 7.5

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is a 1999 crime drama film produced, written and directed by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Forest Whitaker as the title character, a hitman for the mafia who adheres to the ancient warrior code of the samurai, as outlined in the book of Yamamoto Tsunetomo's recorded sayings, Hagakure. The cast also features Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Isaach de Bankolé, Victor Argo and Camille Winbush. The…

Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Shot by Robby Müller · Cut by Jay Rabinowitz · Music by RZA · Ratio 1.85:1 · 116 min

Behind the scenes

Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai is a Deep Movie — Bushido Blues · 10 min

Elsewhere

More by Jim Jarmusch

Permanent Vacation — 1980
Stranger than Paradise — 1983
Stranger Than Paradise — 1984
Down by Law — 1986
Coffee and Cigarettes: Strange to Meet You — 1986
Mystery Train — 1989
Coffee and Cigarettes II — 1989
Night on Earth — 1991
Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California — 1993
Dead Man — 1995
Year of the Horse — 1997
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet — 2002
Int. Trailer Night — 2002
Coffee and Cigarettes — 2004
Broken Flowers — 2005
The Limits of Control — 2009
Only Lovers Left Alive — 2013
Paterson — 2016
Gimme Danger — 2016
The Dead Don't Die — 2019
Father Mother Sister Brother — 2025

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