An assassin both ruthless and mysterious, influenced by the samurai code of honor, goes to war against the Italian-American underworld. This is the starting point of Jim Jarmusch’s Ghost Dog, the feature film that gave Forest Whitaker one of his most iconic roles.
An uncredited remake of Jean-Pierre Melville’s Samurai (with Alain Delon in the title role), Ghost Dog was conceived under several influences: thus, the mafia film mixes with the codes of the samurai film, all in the service of the band’s hip-hop sound. Produced by rapper RZA. The film’s narrative structure is inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon.
Made on a modest budget of barely two million dollars, the film was a success when it was released in cinemas in 1999 (585,000 in particular in France), while the years have only confirmed its status as a cult work.
Today, Ghost Dog holds an important place in American popular culture, and its influences mixing the sounds of traditional Japanese cinema and hip-hop paved the way for other productions of this genre, such as Kill Bill or the anime Samurai. Champloo.
The movie Ghost Dog will finally leave the catalog of the Amazon Prime Video platform on February 28.
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