Le samouraï : The samurai

Resource Information

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Label

Le samouraï : The samurai

Title remainder

The samurai

Statement of responsibility

CICC ; Fida Cinematografica ; Filmel ; TC Production ; produced by Raymond Borderie, Eugène Lépicier ; writers, Jean-Pierre Melville, George Pellegrin ; directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

Title variation

Samurai

Contributor

• Home Vision Entertainment (Firm)
• Decae, Henri
• Périer, François
• Rosier, Cathy
• Société nouvelle Prodis
• Delon, Alain, 1935-
• Borderie, R., (Raymond), 1897-1982
• Melville, Jean-Pierre, 1917-1973
• Woo, John, 1948-
• Thomson, David, 1941-
• Delon, Nathalie, 1941-
• Boisrond, Michel, 1921-2002
• Lépicier, Eugène
• Roubaix, François de
• Nogueira, Rui
• Criterion Collection (Firm)
• Chateau, René
• Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948-

Subject

• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Murder -- Investigation -- Drama
• Detective and mystery films
• Assassins -- Drama
• Feature films
• French language films
• Foreign films

Genre

• Feature films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama

Language

• fre
• eng
• fre
• fre

Summary

Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nighclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal

Member of

• Criterion collection, 306

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editing, Monique Bonnot, Yo Maurette ; music, François de Roubaix ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

French dialogue with optional English subtitles

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.S159 2005

PerformerNote

Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond

Runtime

105

Series statement

The criterion collection

Series volume

306

Target audience

general

Technique

live action