Le Samouraï
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Le Samouraï is a 1967 French neo-noir crime film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, renowned for its minimalist style and Alain Delon’s iconic portrayal of a solitary hitman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Le Samouraï canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9720588 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Samouraï Context triple: [Alain Delon, notableWork, Le Samouraï]
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Yojimbo
Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese samurai film that follows a crafty ronin who manipulates two rival gangs in a small town, widely regarded as one of Akira Kurosawa’s most influential works.
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B.
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel is a 1948 Japanese film noir–style drama directed by Akira Kurosawa, often regarded as his first major work and noted for its gritty portrayal of postwar Tokyo and the early collaboration between Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune.
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C.
The Wages of Fear
The Wages of Fear is a 1953 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, renowned for its intense suspense as desperate men undertake a deadly mission to transport nitroglycerin through treacherous terrain.
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D.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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E.
Pierrot le Fou
Pierrot le Fou is a 1965 French New Wave crime-romance film by Jean-Luc Godard, known for its vibrant visual style, fragmented narrative, and exploration of existential themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Le Samouraï Target entity description: Le Samouraï is a 1967 French neo-noir crime film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, renowned for its minimalist style and Alain Delon’s iconic portrayal of a solitary hitman.
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A.
Yojimbo
Yojimbo is a 1961 Japanese samurai film that follows a crafty ronin who manipulates two rival gangs in a small town, widely regarded as one of Akira Kurosawa’s most influential works.
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B.
Drunken Angel
Drunken Angel is a 1948 Japanese film noir–style drama directed by Akira Kurosawa, often regarded as his first major work and noted for its gritty portrayal of postwar Tokyo and the early collaboration between Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune.
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C.
The Wages of Fear
The Wages of Fear is a 1953 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, renowned for its intense suspense as desperate men undertake a deadly mission to transport nitroglycerin through treacherous terrain.
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D.
47 Ronin
47 Ronin is a 2013 fantasy action film loosely inspired by the Japanese legend of the forty-seven rōnin, blending samurai drama with supernatural elements.
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E.
Pierrot le Fou
Pierrot le Fou is a 1965 French New Wave crime-romance film by Jean-Luc Godard, known for its vibrant visual style, fragmented narrative, and exploration of existential themes.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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film ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Ronin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Joan McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Henri Decaë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | color ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Jean-Pierre Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Compagnie Française de Distribution Cinématographique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Monique Bonnot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStyle | minimalist ⓘ |
| genre |
crime
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drama ⓘ neo-noir ⓘ |
| hasCastMember |
Alain Delon
NERFINISHED
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Cathy Rosier NERFINISHED ⓘ François Périer NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques Leroy NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Pierre Posier NERFINISHED ⓘ Michel Boisrond NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathalie Delon NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Favart NERFINISHED ⓘ Roger Fradet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
alienation
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honor code ⓘ loneliness ⓘ professional ethics of a hitman ⓘ |
| influenced |
Drive
NERFINISHED
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Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai NERFINISHED ⓘ The American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jef Costello NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacterPortrayedBy | Alain Delon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | François de Roubaix NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | solitary hitman ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Alain Delon’s iconic performance
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minimalist visual style ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| partOfMovement | French neo-noir ⓘ |
| producer | Raymond Borderie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1967 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1967 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 105 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Georges Pellegrin
NERFINISHED
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Jean-Pierre Melville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| stars | Alain Delon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Le Samouraï Description of subject: Le Samouraï is a 1967 French neo-noir crime film directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, renowned for its minimalist style and Alain Delon’s iconic portrayal of a solitary hitman.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.