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Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï

7.8/ 10

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1967

Release Year

105 min

Runtime

Crime
Thriller
Drama

Overview

After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, 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.

Keywords

paris, france
police
hitman
jazz club
treason
stakeout
french noir
contract killer
mysterious
professional assassin
neo-noir
complex relationship
bitter
ominous

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Reviews(3)

8.5avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

March 3, 2014

9
9/10

Magnifique. Le Samouraï, one of the most highly praised French films of the 1960s, and justifiably so. Having only just caught it for the first time, I'm not sure what more I can say about a film that has been discussed, dissected, praised and pored over for nearly five decades now. Plot is

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CRCulver

September 1, 2018

8
8/10

Jean-Pierre Melville's 1967 film <i>Le Samouraï</i> is the story of a hired assassin who slips up on a hit and his race against time to set things right. Jef Costello (Alain Delon) is given a contract to kill a nightclub owner, but on the way out he is seen by the club's pianist (Cathy Rosier) and t

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markavrelii

markavrelii

January 13, 2022

Amazing movie! Withstood the test of times. Was watching it with a great interest unlike many movies of this era. Delon is magnifique! Unexpected plot and ending, but the title should have prepared me for it.

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