Friday December 03, 2010 at 14:18
6 notesGhost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)
One of my favorite films of all time (and also one of my tests for whether or not I can hang with a person). This is also my favorite Jim Jarmusch movie (Dead Man is a close second, followed by Broken Flowers).
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai is strongly influenced by Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samourai and tells the story of an inner-city hitman who lives by the Code of the Samurai as dictated by the Hagakure. In the scene above the titular character (played by Forest Whitaker) meets with what is implied to be another “street samurai,” played by the RZA (who also scored the soundtrack) in a cameo appearance.
This is one of those films that people either love or hate, though I cannot fathom what there is not to like. While it does have it’s flaws, the imperfections are actually a part of it’s gritty charm. I remember this movie having an incredible impact upon me when I first saw it; the very next day, I actually ran out to the nearest Barnes & Noble and purchased a copy of the Hagakure, which the main character reads throughout the entire film. Since having seen this film the first time in 2000, I have owned and given away copies of that classic treatise on life, death and manhood several times.
(Source: thiseventhorizon)
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