| Uniform Title |
Ghost Dog : The way of the samurai (Motion picture : 1999) |
| Title |
Ghost Dog : the way of the samurai. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Australia, ©2023. |
| ©1999 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (111 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : D57106. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. |
| Special features: Ghost Dog: the odyssey : a journey into the world of the samurai ; Deleted scenes ; Trailer; Original trailer. |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Jim Jarmusch |
| Performers |
Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Isaach de Bankolé, Tricia Vessey, Victor Argo, Gene Ruffini, Richard Portnow, Camille Winbush. |
| Summary |
East meets West in this hip-hop infused samurai-gangster story in which a professional killer goes by the name of Ghost Dog and lives by the age-old code of the samurai. When Ghost Dog's code is dangerously betrayed by the dysfunctional mafia family that occasionally employs him, he must find a way to defend himself without breaking the code of the samurai. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : MA15+. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Letterbox 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English, German. Subtitles in English, German. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Subjects |
Murder for hire -- Drama |
| Bushido -- Drama |
| Samurai -- Conduct of life -- Drama |
| Gangsters -- Drama |
| Mafia -- United States -- Drama |
| Feature films -- United States |
| Motion pictures, American |
| Genre |
Crime films |
| Gangster films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Jarmusch, Jim, 1953- director, screenwriter. |
| Whitaker, Forest actor. |
| Tormey, John, 1937-2022 actor. |
| Silva, Henry, 1928- actor. |
| Series |
Classics remastered |
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