Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai (Criterion Collection)

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	Forest Whitaker	Ghost Dog
	John Tormey	Louie
	Cliff Gorman	Sonny Valerio
	Dennis Liu	Chinese Restaurant Owner
	Frank Minucci	Big Angie
	Richard Portnow	Handsome Frank
	Tricia Vessey	Louise Vargo
	Henry Silva	Ray Vargo
	Gene Ruffini	Old Consigliere
	Frank Adonis	Valerio's Bodyguard
	Victor Argo	Vinny
	Damon Whitaker	Young Ghost Dog
	Kenny Guay	Boy in Window
	Vince Viverito	Johnny Morini
	Gano Grills	Gangsta in Red
	Touché Cornel	Gangsta in Red
	Jamie Hector	Gangsta in Red
	Chuck Jeffreys	Mugger
	Yan Ming Shi	Kung-Fu Master
	Vinny Vella	Sammy the Snake
	Joseph Rigano	Joe Rags
	Roberto Lopez	Punk in Alley
	Salvatore Alagna	Punk in Alley
	Jerry Todisco	Punk in Alley
	Isaach De Bankolé	Raymond

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Director	Jim Jarmusch
Writer	Jim Jarmusch
Producer	Richard Guay, Jim Jarmusch, Diana Schmidt
Musician	Robert Diggs
Photography	Robby Müller

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Jim Jarmusch combined his love for the ice-cool crime dramas of Jean-Pierre Melville and Seijun Suzuki with the philosophical dimensions of samurai mythology for an eccentrically postmodern take on the hit-man thriller. In one of his defining roles, Forest Whitaker brings a commanding serenity to his portrayal of a Zen contract killer working for a bumbling mob outfit, a modern man who adheres steadfastly to the ideals of the Japanese warrior code even as chaos and violence spiral around him. Featuring moody cinematography by the great Robby Müller, a sublime score by the Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA, and a host of colorful character actors (including a memorably stone-faced Henry Silva), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai plays like a pop-culture-sampling cinematic mixtape built around a one-of-a-kind tragic hero.


DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
New 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
Alternate isolated stereo music track
New Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent in by fans
New conversation between actors Forest Whitaker and Isaach De Bankolé, moderated by film scholar Michael B. Gillespie
New interview with casting director Ellen Lewis
New interview with Shifu Shi Yan Ming, founder of the USA Shaolin Temple
Flying Birds: The Music of “Ghost Dog,” a new video essay on RZA’s score by filmmaker Daniel Raim
The Odyssey: A Journey into the Life of a Samurai, a 2000 program on the making of the film
Deleted scenes and outtakes
Archival interviews
Trailer
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PLUS: Essays by critics Jonathan Rosenbaum and Greg Tate, a 2000 interview with Jarmusch, and quotations from Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai, by the early-eighteenth-century monk Yamamoto Tsunetomo
New cover by Eric Skillman

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