House of Bamboo
Tokyo Post-War Underworld!
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 42 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 15, 2005
- Originally Released: 1955
- Label: 20th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Robert Ryan & Robert Stack | |
Performer: | Biff Elliot, Brad Dexter, Sessue Hayakawa, Shirley Yamaguchi & Cameron Mitchell | |
Directed by | Samuel Fuller | |
Written by | Samuel Fuller & Harry Kleiner |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 3/4 --
The main storyline isn't nearly as interesting as the multiple themes resting beneath the surface (homoeroticism, mixed-race relationships, U.S. appropriation of foreign interests, etc.), yet even those take a back seat to the dazzling visuals.
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Creative Loafing
Rating: 3.5/5 --
A lean, hard-boiled, sharp detective thriller with just a light touch of Madame Butterfly.
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New York Times
Rating: 5/5 --
A masterpiece that pinpoints the sublime in Fuller's sensationalism and earns every inch of its widescreen real estate.
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Time Out
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Beautifully photographed and well-written.
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TV Guide
5 stars out of 5 -- The mighty Sam Fuller's crackling Cinemascope gangster flick, a tale of betrayal in 1950s Tokyo....It looks beautiful...
Uncut
Rating: 6/10 --
The deficit of narrative and tonal cohesion prevents it from matching or exceeding the quality of the film it was loosely remade from: William Keighley's The Street With No Name (1948).
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The Retro Set
Directed by cult filmmaker Samuel Fuller in his brief big-studio period....[The film] benefits from CinemaScope Tokyo location footage from a time when few Hollywood productions got to shoot there.
USA Today
Product Description:
Sam Fuller's (THE BIG RED ONE) 1955 crime noir thriller was the first American film made in Japan after WWII, and features stunning photography of a pre-modern Tokyo dominated by images of cherry blossoms and Kabuki theater. Robert Stack (AIRPLANE!, CADDYSHACK II) stars as Eddie Kenner, a US army operative sent to Tokyo to investigate the underhanded dealings of an ex-GI named Sandy Dawson (Robert Ryan, THE WILD BUNCH). Dawson has taken up robbing ammunition trains, and is also the kingpin of a local crime racket. Kenner must garner the criminal's trust without letting on his true intentions, and he is aided in his endeavor by Mariko (Shirley Yamaguchi), the wife of a dead American soldier.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 118,629
- UPC: 024543148623
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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