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01/07/1955 Crime, Drama 1h 42m
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Tokyo Post-War Underworld!

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.

  1. Harry Kleiner

    Writer

  2. Samuel Fuller

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Ryan

    Sandy Dawson

  2. Robert Stack

    Eddie Kenner

  3. Yoshiko Yamaguchi

    Mariko

  4. Cameron Mitchell

    Griff

  5. Brad Dexter

    Capt. Hanson

  6. Sessue Hayakawa

    Inspector Kito

  7. Biff Elliot

    Webber

  8. Sandro Giglio

    Ceram

  9. Elko Hanabusa

    Japanese Screaming Woman

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2018-09-30
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.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,380,000.00

Revenue
$1,700,000.00

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