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Le Samouraï The samurai

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  • "A hired killer goes about his fatal business with a watertight alibi, but makes the mistake of falling in with a girl who betrays him."
  • "A hired killer in a state of virtual living death goes about his business in a muted Paris, a city of shadows, only to fatally admit emotion (the love of a woman) into his life. His actions are analogous to hara-kiri committed by the solitary samurai. Melville takes the mythology of the gangster and removes all overt social comment in favour of romantic stylisation. Melville commented that his intention was "to show the mental disorder of a man who unmistakably had a tendency to schizophrenia.""
  • "A steely-eyed and enigmatic hitman is hired to do away with the boss of a nightclub, which places him under total surveillance by police. At the same time, he discovers that the man he is working for has marked him for death. His faultless planning of the hit and concrete alibi make it impossible for police to charge him. However, when he falls in love with a key witness, he becomes vulnerable."

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