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Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai

Forest Whitaker (Actor), Henry Silva (Actor), Jim Jarmusch (Director, Producer, Writer) Rated:
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3.9 out of 5 stars 429 customer reviews
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai ingeniously re-imagines the gangster picture as a cross-cultural fusion of Eastern philosophy, hip-hop music, urban darkness, and movie iconography. Ghost Dog, a man of few words who shares his rooftop home with dozens of pigeons. Ghost Dog lives by the precepts of the 18th century warrior text, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, practicing the ancient disciplines of the samurai and applying them to his work as a contract killer.

Special Features

  • Deleted Footage
  • 30 minute special feature "The Odyssey: Journey Into the Life of a Samurai"
  • Music Video

Product Details

  • Actors: Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Dennis Liu
  • Directors: Jim Jarmusch
  • Writers: Jim Jarmusch
  • Producers: Jim Jarmusch, Diana Schmidt, Richard Guay
  • Format: Multiple Formats, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish
  • Dubbed: French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated:
    R
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  • Studio: Lions Gate
  • DVD Release Date: August 15, 2000
  • Run Time: 116 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (429 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005QCVX
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,032 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai" on IMDb

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5.0 out of 5 starsItalian Mafia vs. Afro Samurai
By Apollocoyuz on February 22, 2016
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Movies with great soundtracks which quote liberally from great books are a rarity. This film introduced me to _The Hagakure_and the RZA. Ultimately I found "Afro-Samurai" when looking for more RZA music. If there isn't a sequel to this soon I'm going to write one. The relationship between this cold-blooded assassin and the little girl with the lunchbox full of books will warm your heart. It also muddies the traditional line between the shinobi (ninja) assassins and samurai defenders. Ghost Dog is more of a preemptive strike kind of samurai guard.

The other beautiful thing about this film which it shares with "Leon" a.k.a."The Professional", aside from the New York City setting, is the clash of old and new cultures. The Italian underboss singing Public Enemy lyrics to the aging Godfather-like boss as an attempt to explain Ghost Dog's street name is a scene which should be in film school curricula as "how one culture misunderstands another".

Jim Jarmush hides jokes everywhere in what appears to be a very violent and profane film. Forest Whitaker's Haitian best friend is brilliantly played by an actor I've seen in many films subsequent to this one. This is a movie to own. I keep my hardback and graphic novel versions of _The Hagakure_ nearby while watching.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe way of the Samurai is found in death...
By Gusano Verde on January 11, 2014
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This is an absolutely brilliant movie. The Hagakure infusions give it an ethereal structure, and the portrayal of the mob guys as scumbags that can't pay their bills gives it a rare realism. The story is beautifully advanced by several creative devices... love of books, homing pigeons, high-tech car theft, rap music, devotion to the Samurai code, and a best friend that doesn't speak your language but understands you perfectly, anyway. What a unique combination, and what a masterpiece this flick is. For those of you looking for a one-dimensional action flick, this ain't it, but there is superb action. Consider the scene where Ghost Dog (after narrating from the Hagakure that it is best for a samurai to 'rush in headlong') goes in to the villa and pops all the gangsters, except, of course, his retainer, because of the samurai code. That's one of the great action sequences ever filmed, surely, and very smart and funny at the same time. Overall, this film is masterful writing, beautifully shot, wonderfully acted, unique, and very good action, too. If you think 'Taken', for example, was a good movie, then this delightful flick may be a bit over your head.
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4.0 out of 5 starsAlso I must say its a strange & weird movie but this is not a bad thing at all
By kevlarss on May 4, 2015
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Its not your ordinary movie, this feature is calming as the music plays and the scenes unfold. There is no big shootouts and people dodging bullets by diving for cover, its realistic when someone gets shot. Also I must say its a strange & weird movie but this is not a bad thing at all. Personally I like strange movies not the run of the mill Hollywood cookie cutter movies that compete by having more action & violence then the last one released. If u find yourself liking a lot of "off the wall" strange and interesting movies you,ll really like this one. I really enjoyed it a lot, especially the way Ghost Dog lived his life, where he lived , and his hobbies he engrossed in. I was not disappointed a bit
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4.0 out of 5 starsHearkens back to the Nineteen Seventies.
By Mr. Kelllymatthew Barnes on February 23, 2016
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Consequences for ones actions like: "Race With The Devil", "The Big Boss" or "Dirty Mary and Crazy Larry". This is what so sorely missing in many of the films of the eighties and most of the motion pictures of now, not so with "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" it'as almost all about the price paid for harming other human beings, in this case mostly 1st degree murder and theft but not nearly as much as the murder. Plus Four Stars for the story, it's content, and the satisfying conclusion,minus one star for profanity
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4.0 out of 5 starsA sort of Quixote
By John G. Tusler on May 14, 2014
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This is one of Jim Jarmusch’s best movies and he is a fine original film maker.
With Jarmusch you must expect to be surprised but you can be sure you will have fun. Casting Forest Whitaker as a mafia hit man is only the start of the surprises.
Don Quixote crazily followed the nonsensical books of chivalry of his day and thought he could become a Knight Errant. Ghost Dog similarly models his life and actions on an old, alien book of rules for samurai warriors. This eccentric approach to life becomes more comical and more dangerous because of his involvement with a mafia gang. The joke is that these erstwhile masters of crime are getting old and crazy. Two outmoded lifestyles are reaching exhaustion in today’s world of urban grunge, evoked by hip-hop music and urban gangs.
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5.0 out of 5 starsA+
By B+ on June 10, 2015
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Excellent acting. The story was OK.... but the lead in this movie pulled it along
making it better. Very different twist in several ways. You'll have to see if you agree.
It's not a white, black movie. It's just a fella in situations and makes for a decent flic.
You'll see how it comes together w/o a color factor. Forest Whitaker, excellent acter.
I'd watch it again.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGhost Dog: And thats what he is, A Ghost
By Enver Azize on September 5, 2015
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I saw this film some years ago, I like Forest Whitaker he plays this "Hit Man" I think New York City I only remember that he would get paid to do hit jops , And through the film he would read this book I felt that he felt bad at what he was doing. I also remember he had pigeons on the roof top. I don't want to say to much more its a film you want to see. I liked it because I love the loner type who lives out side of it all. That's what Charles Bronson said in the Mechanic to his apprentice.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

3.0 out of 5 starsGood for light entertainment.

It was an entertaining flick. Nicely acted, the action kept moving with no particular dead spots. The premises are pretty weak, as is the philosophy. Read more

Published 16 days ago by Mark Raven
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great Film

Published 25 days ago by Bill Huff Jr
4.0 out of 5 starsGhost dog

Third time around. Whitaker is one of the best actors around

Published 1 month ago by Amazon Kunde
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great acting and interesting use of the " Hagakure"

Published 2 months ago by Stacy
3.0 out of 5 starsI so appriciate Forest Whitaker as an artist, I could be entralled...

But, this movie is a miss for me, and it really has very little to do with Whitaker. It's the movie process that I find so lacking. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Holly
5.0 out of 5 starswonderful acting.

Very different, sensitive, thought provoking, about core values, wonderful acting.

Published 3 months ago by Daniel Oppenheim
5.0 out of 5 starsThe Hagakure was a late 1800s small group cult that has nothing to do...

The movie ended as if the girl was going to follow his footsteps. I would love to that sequel about the girl training to be a ghost. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Augusto Morales
3.0 out of 5 starsKind of boring. The gangsters in it are totally inept

It's hard to follow at moments. Kind of boring. The gangsters in it are totally inept, and as such, their characters annoying. I am a much bigger fan of the directors other works.

Published 3 months ago by Anthony Rathbun
5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome movie

Don't be turned off by the title, this is an amazing film with a great soundtrack

Published 4 months ago by floiran pagan
5.0 out of 5 starsEach one of us has a code to follow. ...

Each one of us has a code to follow. What is your code of living life fully? I follow the seven virtues of the bushido... Read more

Published 4 months ago by poet1

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