The Way of the Samurai is a '90s crime thriller that stars Forest Whitaker and delves deep into samurai code and mafia tropes ...

The Movie Ghost Dog (Whitaker) is a pretty weird dude. He is a hit man, employed by the Mafia, who raises carrier pigeons and follows the ancient code of the Samurai, except he uses guns with ...

That’s particularly true of Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999), his urban samurai mob movie classic, which plays at the Hollywood Theatre on Feb. 25. A film that fascinated movie fans by ...

A cat village is in danger and an unexpected hero emerges to help them: a dog named Hank! (Paramount pictures) The samurai dog, as the name implies, has as its protagonist an unlucky dog named Hank.

the wannabe samurai dog, from the execution line and sends him over with a hastily engraved “samurai cup,” expecting the locals to off him. The film replaces the racial commentary of ...

Original indie-hipster Jim Jarmusch ("Down By Law", "Night On Earth") seems to be well outside his usual territory here, yet "Ghost Dog" not only hangs together, it's original, sharply funny ...

The self-made samurai is Forest Whitaker’s Ghost Dog, rescued in his youth by minor mafioso Louie (John Tormey), to whom he’s gratefully sworn his fealty. Louie uses G-Dog as an ...