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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

1999·116 min

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Directed by Jim Jarmusch

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

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Sonny Valerio

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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999) is about a Black hitman who models after the samurai of old finds himself targeted for death by the mob.

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Jim Jarmusch directed Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999).

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