France / Italy,
1967, 105 min
(Alternative: 101 min)
Directed by:
Jean-Pierre MelvilleCinematography:
Henri DecaëComposer:
François de RoubaixCast:
Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Michel Boisrond, Robert Favart, Jean-Pierre Posier, Catherine Jourdan (more)Plots(1)
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 armour of fedora and trench coat can protect him. 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 lonewarrior mythology. (Criterion)
(more)Soundtracks
Le Samourai
Un Film de Jean-Pierre Melville
Label: Emarcy
Year: 2018
Country: France
Format: LP
Tracklist
1. | SIDE A: Le Samourai | François de Roubaix | |
2. | Valérie | François de Roubaix | |
3. | Martey's | François de Roubaix | |
4. | Costello Dans La Ville | François de Roubaix | |
5. | Pour Cathy | François de Roubaix | |
6. | Le Destin De Costello | François de Roubaix | |
7. | Jeff Et Jeanne | François de Roubaix | |
8. | Hôtel Sandwich | François de Roubaix | |
9. | Regards Croisés | François de Roubaix | |
10. | SIDE B: La Blessure | François de Roubaix | |
11. | Deux Heures Du Mat' | François de Roubaix | |
12. | Nocturne | François de Roubaix | |
13. | La Blessure | François de Roubaix | |
14. | Jeff Et Valérie | François de Roubaix | |
15. | Après Minuit | François de Roubaix | |
16. | Fatalité | François de Roubaix | |
17. | Martey's | François de Roubaix | |
18. | Le Destin De Costello | François de Roubaix |