Le Samouraï

1967 French-Italien film by Jean-Pierre Melville
Movie film Q618499
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Summary

Le Samouraï is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.8% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,462 views/month, #749 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jean-Pierre Melville[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jean-Pierre Melville[4]
  • Composer: François de Roubaix[5]
  • Genre: neo-noir[6], crime film[7], drama film[8]
  • Cast member: Alain Delon[9], François Périer[10], Michel Boisrond[11], Nathalie Delon[12], Cathy Rosier[13], Catherine Jourdan[14], André Thorent[15], Carlo Nell[16], Gaston Meunier[17], Georges Billy[18], Jacques Deschamps[19], Jacques Léonard[20], Jean Gold[21], Maurice Magalon[22]
  • Producer: Raymond Borderie[23]
  • Production company: Fida Cinematografica[24]
  • Director of photography: Henri Decaë[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: French[26]
  • Commons category: Le Samouraï[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 8.4/10[29], 100%[30]
  • Color: color[31], black-and-white[32]
  • Country of origin: France[33], Italy[34]
  • Publication date: October 25, 1967[35]
  • Distributed by: Pathé Distribution[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: Paris[38]
  • Filming location: Paris[39]
  • Title: Le Samouraï[40]
  • Has characteristic: film based on a novel[41]
  • Different from: Q9333447[42]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 16[43]
  • Duration: 98 minutes[44]
  • EIRIN film rating: G[45]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[46]

Why It Matters

Le Samouraï has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . eirin.jp. Retrieved . eirin.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . cnc.fr. cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', '
    P14724 → 9737175
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 9737175, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301929860|Le Samouraï (#301929860)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (films"
  2. 6w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eiga.com movie id → 44916
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Eiga.com movie id: 44916, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/258711528|サムライ(1967) (#258711528)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7457|Eiga.com movie]] #mix'n"
  3. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 62229
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 62229, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 15031
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 15031, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269265|batch #269265]]"
  5. 12w ago · Máté · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eirin film rating → G
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Eirin film rating: G, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1784446188936"
  6. 15w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → le-samourai
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: le-samourai, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295961434|LE SAMOURAÏ (#295961434)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema ritro"
  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1967-10-25T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Jean-Pierre Melville
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+98'}
    Set during recurring event → April
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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