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House of Bamboo

  • Film
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Time Out says

1954. American-led gang pulls raids in Tokyo, Yokohama. Ex-GI involvement suspected. Lone American infiltrates gang. Identity, motives unclear. House of Bamboo offers all Fuller's key themes and motifs in a characteristic thriller form: dual identities, divided loyalties, racial tensions, life (and cinema) as war. Part of it is Fuller the war correspondent, reporting from the front, leaving the viewer to fight out meanings alongside the characters. Part of it is Fuller the American tourist, shamelessly reducing Japan to stereotypes, twisting local colour to his own ends. Godard used to think it was Fuller's best movie.
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Release Details

  • Duration:102 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Samuel Fuller
  • Screenwriter:Harry Kleiner
  • Cast:
    • Robert Ryan
    • Robert Stack
    • Shirley Yamaguchi
    • Cameron Mitchell
    • Sessue Hayakawa
    • Brad Dexter
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