Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï (1967)

Timing: 1:45 (105 min)

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All about film

Video 8

Photo 110

Actors and characters

Release date

1967-10-25

Country

France, Italy

Production

Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, TC Productions

Genre

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Budget

$0

Revenue

$215 245

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Director

Jean-Pierre Melville

Actors

Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Cathy Rosier, Michel Boisrond, Catherine Jourdan, Jean-Pierre Posier, Robert Favart, Jacques Leroy, Roger Fradet
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Raymond Borderie, Eugène Lépicier

Operator

Henri Decaë

Composer

François de Roubaix

Artist

Audition

Editing

Monique Bonnot, Yolande Maurette
All team (13)

• The film is based on the novel “Ronin” by Joan McLeod.
• The empty canary cage that the viewer sees at the very beginning of the film appears in a scene (the meeting of the characters Delon and Michel Bon in the basement) of the film “Unfettered” (1982) with a musical quotation – a theme from “The Samurai”.
• 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.
• In the 92nd minute of the film, in the scene where a girl chases Alain Delon's hero, you can see a poster for the film "Accident" (1966) 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.