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Biff Elliot, Bob Okazaki, Brad Dexter

A repressed undercover army agent tangles with a homosexual gangster.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Samuel Fuller

Release Date: January 1, 1955

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DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005

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  • mjgildea
    November 2, 2006
    mjgildea
    Even though the director is amazing, this movie could double for a torture device were it not for the beautiful Japanese setting.
  • irishlass25
    July 16, 2009
    irishlass25
    Samuel Fuller is an odd nut to crack. Part all-american tough guy, part closeted liberal, part auteur , and part populist. His films are personal, and rough, and silly, and sloppy, and wonderful, and different from everybody else working in Hollywood. Pickup on South Street, Whit...( read more)e Dog, The Big Red One, Naked Kiss, Shock Corridor are all films I know by heart and to a certain extent worship.

    House of Bamboo is not one of his greatest films, but one that you can tell was personal for the director. On the surface it's just another cops Vs. Gangster film, albit one set in the exotic milieu of post-war Tokyo. Buty underneath is a suprisingly smart, sometimes even sensitive(the interracial romance is actally touching, and the Japanese are presented with proper respect) movie.

    It is not Fuller's masterpiece, but it's still better than so many other movies from other directors.
  • billfenner1967
    February 13, 2009
    billfenner1967
    A deeper-than-it-appears film set in post-war Japan, in the noir tradition where the fine line between the good guys and bad guys is very much blurred. The astute viewer will also pick up on some suggested meanings in the multi-layered screenplay. Though historians will make more...( read more) mention of the remarkable photography and use of actual locations in and around Tokyo. This makes the film an important historical document as it provides a seldom captured glimpse of what Japan and its people looked like in those years of rebuilding. As anyone who has been to Tokyo especially will tell you, the city is nothing like it was back then and seeing this film is a precious gem.

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