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House of Bamboo

Name: House of Bamboo
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1955-07-01
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.176

★ 6,2 /10 (71 Votes)

1955 EN 102 min

Overview

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

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Release date

01/07/1955

Votes

Popularity

2.2

Tokyo Post-War Underworld!

Genres

Crime Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

102 min

Budget

$1,380,000

Revenue

$1,700,000

Robert Ryan

Sandy Dawson

Robert Stack

Eddie Kenner

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Mariko

Cameron Mitchell

Griff

Brad Dexter

Capt. Hanson

Sessue Hayakawa

Inspector Kito

Biff Elliot

Webber

Sandro Giglio

Ceram

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Elko Hanabusa

Japanese Screaming Woman

John Doucette

Skipper (uncredited)

DeForest Kelley

Charlie (uncredited)

Harry Carey, Jr.

John (uncredited)

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Clifford Arashiro

Policeman (uncredited)

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Sandy Azeka

Charlie's Girl at Party

Barry Coe

Captain Hanson's Aide (uncredited)

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Fred Dale

Man (uncredited)

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Shuji J. Nozawa

Pachinko Manager (uncredited)

Samuel Fuller

Japanese policeman (uncredited)

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Peter Gray

Willy (uncredited)

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Reiko Hayakawa

Mariko's Girl Friend (uncredited)

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Robert Hosai

Doctor (uncredited)

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Kazue Ikeda

Policeman (uncredited)

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Kinuko Ann Ito

Servant (uncredited)

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Camille Janclaire

Mother Superior (uncredited)

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Frank Jumagai

Pachinko Manager (uncredited)

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Robert Kino

Policeman (uncredited)

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Frank Kwanaga

File Clerk (uncredited)

Richard Loo

Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)

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Jack Maeshiro

Bartender (uncredited)

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Harris Matsushige

Office Clerk (uncredited)

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Rollin Moriyama

Pearl Man (uncredited)

Neyle Morrow

Cpl. Davis (uncredited)

Bob Okazaki

Mr. Hommaru (uncredited)

Robert Quarry

Phil (uncredited)

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Bob Roberts

Soldier on wall (left)

Reiko Sato

Charlie's Girl (uncredited)

Teru Shimada

Nagaya (uncredited)

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May Takasugi

Bath Attendant (uncredited)

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Barbara Uchiyamada

Japanese Girl (uncredited)

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Everett Weaver

Soldier on wall (right) (uncredited)

Frank Iwanaga

Officer (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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You know what the army do with an agent found behind enemy lines. Warning: Spoilers House of Bamboo is directed by Sam Fuller who also co-writes with Harry Kleiner. It stars Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi and Cameron Mitchell. It's a CinemaScope production with colour by De Luxe, with photography by Joseph MacDonald. Leigh Harline scores the music and the film is a loose remake of The Street with No Name (1948), where Kleiner & MacDonald were also involved. The film is exclusively shot on location in Japan. Tokyo, 1954, and an underworld outfit of American ex-serviceme…

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When a man is mysteriously murdered in Tokyo, the US Army plants it's streetwise investigator "Eddie" (Robert Stack) into the city with a mission to inveigle himself into a gang of petty American racketeers. It's quite easy for him get their attention, but securing the trust of "Sandy" (Robert Ryan) isn't so straightforward, especially as his sidekick "Griff" (Cameron Mitchell) is both wary and jealous of this new addition to their numbers. As this gang start to become more ambitious with their criminal activities , "Eddie" finds his position becoming more and more perilous. Can he survive the…

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