Le samouraï = The samurai
(DVD)

Wide screen (1.85:1).

Series numbering from container spine.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.

"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label.

Recorded in Dolby digital mono.

Special features: new video interviews with Jean-Pierre Melville historians Rui Nogueira (13 min.) and Ginette Vincendeau (19 min.); collection of excerpts from archival interviews with Melville and actors Alain Delon, Cathy Rosier, Nathalie Delon and François Périer (25 min.); theatrical trailer (4 min.).

Booklet includes a new essay by film scholar David Thomson, a reprint of a tribute by filmmaker John Woo, and an excerpt on Le samouraï from Rui Nogueira's book Melville on Melville.

Director of photography, Henri Decaë ; editing, Monique Bennot, Yo Maurette ; music, François de Roubaix ; DVD producer, Abbey Lustgarten.

Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, Caty Rosier, Jacques Leroy, Jean-Pierre Posier, Michel Boisrond.

Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nightclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal.

DVD, 1.85:1 aspect ratio, monaural.

French dialogue with optional English subtitles.