Summary
Ghost Dog is a samurai disciple, and for ten years the devoted retainer to an aging mafia foot soldier named Louie. 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.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Murder for hire
-- Drama.
Bushido -- Drama. Samurai -- Conduct of life -- Drama. Gangsters -- Conduct of life -- Drama. Mafia -- United States -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Gangster films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Santa Monica, Calif. :Artisan Home Entertainment,2000 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Way of the samurai |
| Contributors |
Guay, Richard A.
Jarmusch, Jim, 1953- Whitaker, Forest. Tormey, John. Gorman, Cliff. Silva, Henry, 1928- Bankolé, Isaach de. Vessey, Tricia, 1972- Argo, Victor. Ruffini, Gene. Portnow, Richard, 1950- Winbush, Camille. J.V.C. Company of America. Studio Canal+. B.A.C. Films. Pandora Film (Firm) ARD Degeto Films. Plywood Productions. Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva, Isaach De Bankol, Tricia Vessey, Victor Argo, Gene Ruffini, Richard Portnow, Camille Winbush. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, the RZA ; costume design, John Dunn ; production designer, Ted Berner ; edited by Jay Rabinowitz ; director of photography, Robby Müller. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| Language |
English Closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally issued as a motion picture in 1999. Special features include: The odyssey : the journey into the life of a samurai 30-minute feature; deleted scenes; music video; isolated music score; trailers and TV spots; cast and crew information. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Other | Classic View |