Le Samouraï

Le Samouraï (English title: The Samurai) is a 1967 French minimalist crime thriller film, starring Alain Delon as Jef Costello, a hitman.
 * Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville. Written by Jean-Pierre Melville and Georges Pellegrin.

Opening credits

 * Il n'y a pas de plus profonde solitude que celle du samouraï si ce n'est celle d'un tigre dans la jungle... peut-être...
 * There is no solitude greater than that of the samurai unless it be that of a tiger in the jungle... perhaps...
 * Epigraph ascribed to the Bushidō (the Japanese code of conduct associated with the samurai), but apparently original to Melville.