Question: Who wrote and directed the film which critics have noted to have similarities with the 1999 crime action film, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai?
Sentence (from "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai"): Forest Whitaker stars as the title character, the mysterious "Ghost Dog", a hitman in the employ of the Mafia, who follows the ancient code of the samurai as outlined in the book of Yamamoto Tsunetomo's recorded sayings, "Hagakure".
Relevant evidence: No