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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Live by the code. Die by the code.

1999 · 1h 56m · R Crime, Drama
Directed by Jim Jarmusch

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Overview

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

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All reviews
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh

At once a tribute to traditional notions of honour, loyalty, friendship and professionalism, and a stylish, ironic pastiche inspired by the likes of Melville and Suzuki, it's very funny, insightful, and highly original.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten

A handsomely shot, cool-sounding head-scratcher of a film that probably isn't worth the wear on the fingernails.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten

Too whimsically staged to take as serious suspense, too grimly real to be amusing.

Louis B. Parks, Houston Chronicle
Fresh

Hypnotic and quietly subversive.

Ernest Hardy, Film.com
Fresh

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai brings the minimalist director who found fame with 1984's Stranger Than Paradise back to the land of the living.

Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly

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