House of Bamboo

Tokyo Post-War Underworld!
House of Bamboo
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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

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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. Full Review
Creative Loafing
Sep 12, 2015
Rating: 3.5/5 -- A lean, hard-boiled, sharp detective thriller with just a light touch of Madame Butterfly. Full Review
New York Times
Mar 25, 2006
Rating: 5/5 -- A masterpiece that pinpoints the sublime in Fuller's sensationalism and earns every inch of its widescreen real estate. Full Review
Time Out
Aug 24, 2011
Rating: 3.5/4 -- Beautifully photographed and well-written. Full Review
TV Guide
Apr 17, 2012
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
Oct 1, 2007
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). Full Review
The Retro Set
Dec 27, 2018
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
Jun 17, 2005

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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  • Sales Rank: 118,629
  • UPC: 024543148623
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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