The Crimson Kimono (1959)
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100% of critics liked it
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75% of users liked it
(374 ratings)
Crimson Kimono stars Glenn Corbett and James Shigeta as Korean War army buddies, working side by side with the LA homicide squad. When stripper Gloria Pall is murdered, Corbett and Shigeta are sent to investigate. Both are smitten by the lovely Victoria Shaw, who is implicated in the crime. Corbett… More Crimson Kimono stars Glenn Corbett and James Shigeta as Korean War army buddies, working side by side with the LA homicide squad. When stripper Gloria Pall is murdered, Corbett and Shigeta are sent to investigate. Both are smitten by the lovely Victoria Shaw, who is implicated in the crime. Corbett becomes jealous of Shigeta, who is deeply hurt, feeling that Corbett's animosity is borne of racism. Their friendship, and the central romance, is resolved after the detectives bring the murderer to heel in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. Samuel Fuller's love of oriental exotica is never more pronounced than in the climactic sequences, staged before the backdrop of the Japanese New Year celebration. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Samuel Fuller
- Written By
- Samuel Fuller
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 1, 1959 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 27, 2009
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Sean Axmaker, Seanax.com
... filmed with great moments of location atmosphere, [this] is one of Fuller's most striking commentaries on race.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
The Crimson Kimono is mostly a hard-boiled cop thriller, but also manages to make a defiant anti-racist statement without ever getting on a soapbox.
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Rob Nelson, City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Beyond the preponderance of sweaty close-ups and rat-a-tat-tat cutting in Fuller's films, his peacetime cinema views relationships as a string of tribal skirmishes.
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Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine
Harry Sukman's score courts condescension whenever the action shifts to Little Tokyo, but it's the film's only slip.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a satisfactory Fuller work...
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Cast
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Victoria Shaw
as Christine Downs
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Glenn Corbett
as Detective Sgt. Charlie Bancroft
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James Shigeta
as Detective Joe Kojaku
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Anna Lee
as Mac
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Paul Dubov
as Casale
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Jaclynne Greene
as Roma
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Neyle Morrow
as Hansel
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Gloria Pall
as Sugar Torch
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Barbara Hayden
as Mother
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George Yoshinaga
as Willy Hidaka
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Kaye Elhardt
as Nun
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Aya Oyama
as Sister Gertrude
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George Okamura
as Karate
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Rev. Ryosho S. Sogabe
as Priest
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Robert Okazaki
as Yoshinaga
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Fuji
as Shuto
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Walter Burke
as Ziggy
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Robert Kino
as Announcer
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David McMahon
as Police Officer
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Rollin Moriyama
as Man
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Carol Nugent
as Girl
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Stafford Repp
as City Librarian
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Brian O'Hara
as Police Captain
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Allen Pinson
as Stunt Double
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Jack Carol
as Man
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Harrison Lewis
as Waiter
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Edo Mita
as Gardener
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Nina Roman
as College Girl
- Pat Silver
