Alain Delon
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Le Samouraï (French pronunciation: [lə sa.mu.ʁa.i]; lit. ' The Samurai '), is a 1967 neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville and starring Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier.
The Samurai: Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. With Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier. After professional hitman Jef Costello is seen by witnesses his efforts to provide himself an alibi drive him further into a corner.
- (57K)
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- 1967-10-25
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.
- Jef Costello
Watchlist. Hit man Jef Costello (Alain Delon) goes through an elaborate set of rituals before carrying out a hit on a nightclub owner. Always thorough and cool in his job, Costello is disconcerted...
- (38)
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- PG
- Alain Delon
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.
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Apr 25, 2014 · Le Samouraï is a work of exquisite minimalism, a film of silence and space. Dialogue is rare. The haunting jazzy score is infrequent, and wide blank spaces are common. The film can be described as a series of tableaux, starting with the poeticism of the empty opening frame.
Jef Costello (Alain Delon) is 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.
