Top billed cast

1. 

   Forest Whitaker

   Ghost Dog

2. 

   John Tormey

   Louie

3. 

   Cliff Gorman

   Sonny Valerio

4. 

   Frank Minucci

   Big Angie

5. 

   Richard Portnow

   Handsome Frank

6. 

   Tricia Vessey

   Louise Vargo

7. 

   Henry Silva

   Ray Vargo

8. 

   Gene Ruffini

   Old Consigliere

9. 

   Frank Adonis

   Valerio's Bodyguard

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Reviews

A review by CRCulver

Written by CRCulver on 2018-06-05

The eponymous protagonist of Jim Jarmusch's 1999 film GHOST DOG is an African-American hitman (Forest Whitaker) working for an Italian mafia in New Jersey and living according to the Hagakure, Japan's samurai code. After a hit goes wrong through no fault of the assassin's own, his mafia liaison Louie (John Tormey) is sympathetic, but explains that his superiors now want Ghost Dog dead. The film follows Ghost Dog's revenge and depicts a clash between two ancient tribes that both seem out of date in this modern world: Ghost Dog's samurai code and Italian mafia ideas of loyalty.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,392,768.00

Keywords

• hip-hop
• new jersey
• hitman
• mission of murder
• revenge
• mafia
• park
• pigeon
• hagakure
• ice cream
• haitian
• cd player
• arm sling
• racial slur
• carrier pigeon
• ice cream truck
• contract killer
• code of the samurai
• african american