DVD
Le samouraï = The samurai
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Languages
In French, with optional English subtitles.
Performers
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Michel Boisrond.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2005]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (27 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Jef Costello is a contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Special features: video interviews with Melville historians Rui Nogueira and Ginette Vincendeau ; archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, Nathalie Delon and François Périer ; theatrical trailer.