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Le Samouraï will be released on 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray on July 9 via The Criterion Collection. Polly Dedman designed the new cover art for 1967 French neo-noir crime thriller.

Known in English as The Samurai, the film is written and directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier star.

Le Samouraï has been newly restored in 4K with HDR and uncompressed mono sound. Special features are listed below.

Special features:

Interviews with writer-director Jean-Pierre Melville and actors Alain Delon, François Périer, Nathalie Delon, and Cathy Rosier

Interviews with Melville on Melville editor Rui Nogueira and Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris author Ginette Vincendeau

Melville-Delon: D’honneur et de nuit - 2011 short documentary exploring the friendship between writer-director Jean-Pierre Melville and actor Alain Delon

Trailer

Booklet with an essay by film scholar David Thomson, an appreciation by filmmaker John Woo, and excerpts from Melville on Melville

Alain Delon stars as Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts. After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef 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.

Pre-order Le Samouraï.

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