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Title:
Le samouraï [DVD video]
Edition:
[Special ed.].
Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
Irvington, NY : Criterion Collection ; Chicago, IL : Home Vision Entertainment [distributor], [2005]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9780780030183
Abstract:
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.
General Note:
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; new video interviews with Jean-Pierre Melville historians Rui Nogueira and Ginette Vincendeau; collection of excerpts from archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, Nathalie Delon and François Périer ; theatrical trailer; a new essay by film scholar David Thomson and reprinted tribute by filmmaker John Woo.
Performers:
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier.
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language:
French
Additional Language:
French dialogue, English subtitles.
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
