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Le Samouraï Blu-ray

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Release Year: 1967

Runtime: 105 min

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

Cast: Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Michel Boisrond

Studios: Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, TC Productions

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.

Special Features:

New high-definition digital restoration

with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Interviews from 2005 with Rui Nogueira

editor of Melville on Melville, and Ginette Vincendeau, author of Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris

Archival interviews with Melville and actors

Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier

Melville-Delon: D’honneur et de nuit (2011)

a short documentary exploring the friendship between the director and the actor and their iconic collaboration on this film

Trailer

PLUS: An essay by film scholar David Thomson

an appreciation by filmmaker John Woo, and excerpts from Melville on Melville