Film

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai 1999

Directed by Jim Jarmusch

  • Crime, Drama
  • 117 min
  • R

Live by the code. Die by the code.

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

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Contemplative, meticulous, prestige and grave.

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  • rawmeticulous
  • unpretentiousprestige
  • gravecomic
  • character-ledplot-driven

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