Cinematic background from Le Samouraï 1967 - After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.

Le Samouraï

1967

Crime, Drama, Thriller

Directors:
Jean-Pierre Melville
Writers:
Georges Pellegrin, Jean-Pierre Melville, Joan McLeod
Official poster of Le Samouraï 1967 directed by Jean-Pierre Melville
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a trench coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman in a leopard print jacket in a room; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat looking out of a window; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman in a black shirt is standing in front of a wooden wall; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman sitting in front of a chair in a room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a coat walking down steps; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a suit and tie in the dark; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat standing on a escalator; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a hat is reading a newspaper; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A group of people sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a suit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man standing in front of a bird in a cage; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat standing in front of a building; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and tie sitting in front of a mirror; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a suit and a hat; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – An old car is parked in front of a large church; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a black suit and a hat is looking at his cell phone; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a suit standing next to a wall; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman sitting on top of a couch holding a book; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man and a woman are riding on a train; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A beautiful woman with dark hair standing in a dark room; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a trench coat holding a gun pointed at another man in a hat; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and a hat looking at the camera; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman in a silver dress standing next to a brick wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man and a woman in formal attire; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person wearing a hat and a trench coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and a hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a trench coat and a hat looking out a window; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a suit and tie sitting in front of a microphone; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person wearing a suit and a hat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a black suit and a white shirt; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat standing on a train; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a trench coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a trench coat next to another man wearing a suit; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man sitting at a table with a lamp and phone; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a suit and a hat standing in front of an old car on the street; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a uniform; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a black hat and a black coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a trench coat and hat in a dark hallway; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A group of men sitting at a table with cards; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – Two men in business suits are standing side by side; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and a man in a hat looking at a man in a trench coat; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat standing in front of a building; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person looking out a car window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat standing in front of a wall of tickets; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A group of men sitting around a table; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman in a silver dress is posing for a picture; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman sitting at a piano in front of a double bass; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man and a woman walking down a sidewalk; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a trench coat standing in front of a wall; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man sitting at a desk in front of microphones; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a trench coat and a hat standing next to a door; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person wearing a suit and tie; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a trench coat in the rain; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – Two women sitting next to each other in front of a crowd; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and tie standing next to a bird cage; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat holding a bag; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A person with short black hair; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat standing in front of a lamp; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat and a trench coat is sitting in front of a nightstand; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and hat sitting on the side of the street; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man wearing a hat sitting in front of a lamp; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man standing next to a bird in a cage; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a black hat walking down a train platform; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man and a woman standing next to each other; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man in a suit and tie standing next to another man in a suit and tie; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – An older man wearing a black jacket and standing next to a wall; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A bus and a car driving down a street at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – An alley way with a metal gate and buildings in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – An older woman sitting on a train with a scarf around her neck; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man sitting on a subway train with a hat on his head; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A subway station with a sign that reads " sopa " on the wall; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A man and a woman are looking at each other; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “Le Samouraï” (1967), directed by Jean-Pierre Melville – A woman standing on a train looking out the window; Medium shot, High angle