Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, is the defining role of Alain Delon's career. After executing a perfectly planned hit, Jef finds himself trapped between a dogged police investigator and a merciless employer, with not even his fedora and trench coat as protection. Le samoura, an artfully stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, is a razor-sharp fusion of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture, with a generous dose of Japanese samurai legend.
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Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, is the defining role of Alain Delon's career. After executing a perfectly planned hit, Jef finds himself trapped between a dogged police investigator and a merciless employer, with not even his fedora and trench coat as protection. Le samoura, an artfully stylized masterpiece of cool by maverick filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, is a razor-sharp fusion of 1940s American gangster cinema and 1960s French pop culture, with a generous dose of Japanese samurai legend.
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