Ghost Dog [videorecording] : the way of the samurai / JVC ; Le Studio Canal+ and BAC Films present in association with Pandora Film and ARD/Degeto Film ; a Plywood production ; a film by Jim Jarmusch ; produced by Richard Guay & Jim Jarmusch ; written & directed by Jim Jarmusch.
East meets West in this hip-hop infused samurai-gangster pic in which Forest Whitaker plays a professional killer who goes by the name of Ghost Dog and who 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.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (1 hr. 56 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm. + 1 program leaflet (19 cm.) in container.
- Edition: Widescreen ed.
- Publisher: Santa Monica, CA. : Artisan Home Entertainment, c2000.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- DVD format ; Hi-fi, Dolby surround.Rated R.Artisan Home Entertainment: DVD 11489.Videodic release of a motion picture.Title from container.Special features include: 30-minute special feature: The odyssey : the journey into the life of a samurai ;deleted scenes ; music video ; isolated music score ; 16:9 widescreen ; trailers and TV sports ; cast and crew information ; scene access ; interactive menus.
- Creation/Production Credits Note:
- Music, The RZA ; editor, Jay Rabinowitz ; director of photography, Robby Müller.
- Participant or Performer Note:
- Forest Whitaker, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Henry Silva.
- Language Note:
- Closed captioned.
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