Le samouraï

In a career-defining performance, Alain Delon plays Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him. An elegantly stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick director Jean‑Pierre Melville, Le samouraï is a razor-sharp cocktail of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture—with a liberal dose of Japanese lone-warrior mythology.

Special Features

Bonus Footage, Documentaries: 'Melville-Delon: D'honneur et de nuit' (2011), Interviews: Jean Pierre Melville (director); Alain Delon (actor); François Périer (actor); Nathalie Delon (actor); Cathy Rosier (actor); Rui Nogueira (editor); Ginette Vincendeau (author), Essay by David Thomson (film scholar); Appreciation by John Woo (film-maker); Excerpts from 'Melville on Melville', Trailers

Actors: Alain Delon, François Périer, Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon

Audio Languages: French

Duration: 105 minutes

Number of Discs: 2

Subtitle Languages: English

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