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Synopsis

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

Year1999
CountryUnited States
DirectorJim Jarmusch
Cinematic Threads
People keep bringing up Melville’s Le Samouraï and I love that movie. But it was not something I consciously ripped off. I thought about it later, and of course it has a stoic hitman and it has a hawk. Our main character Ghost Dog has pigeons.
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