Le Samouraï
His only friend was his gun!
Production
Budget
$0
Box office
$216 696
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Raymond Borderie, Eugène Lépicier
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
François de Lamothe
Audition
Editing
Monique Bonnot, Yolande Maurette
Whole Team (13)
Whole Team (13)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the novel “Ronin” by Joan McLeod.
- André Garret came to film the movie from the hospital. Before his death, he managed to dub his role. His line – “I’m warning you, Jeff, this is the last time” – sounds like a final farewell. Delon addressed the reply – “Agreed” – to a man who was already dead: his dubbing shift fell on the day of Garret’s death.
- The film opens with a phrase from the samurai code stating that a samurai’s loneliness can only be compared to the loneliness of a tiger in the jungle. Jean-Pierre Melville invented this phrase himself.
- At the 92nd minute of the film, in the scene where a woman chases Alain Delon’s character, a poster for the film “Unlucky Encounter” (1966) can be seen on the wall in the subway.
- The empty canary cage that the viewer sees at the very beginning of the film appears in the scene (the meeting of Delon and Michel Bon in the basement) of the film “Unvanquished” (1982) with a musical quote – a theme from “The Samurai”.
- At the 92nd minute of the film, in the scene where a girl is chasing Alain Delon’s character, a poster for the film “Accident” (1966) can be seen on the wall in the subway.
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