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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

A culture mash of hip-hop rhythms, ancient Japanese
traditions and modern gangland ethics, this latest treasure from revered indie director Jim Jarmusch follows a rap-loving assassin (Forest Whitaker) who has pledged his services to the low-level mafia thug who saved his life a few years back. Beneath the violence is a thoughtful consideration of what it means to belong to a tribe in our homogenized age.

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