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House of Bamboo
Directed by
Samuel Fuller
Not Rated
1955
1h 42m
Crime
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Drama
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6.8
85%
57%
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Planted in a Tokyo crime syndicate, a U.S. Army Investigator attempts to probe the coinciding death of a fellow Army official.
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Cast of House of Bamboo
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
Elko Hanabusa
Japanese Screaming Woman
John Doucette
Skipper (uncredited)
DeForest Kelley
Charlie (uncredited)
Harry Carey, Jr.
John (uncredited)
Clifford Arashiro
Policeman (uncredited)
Sandy Azeka
Charlie's Girl at Party
Barry Coe
Captain Hanson's Aide (uncredited)
Fred Dale
Man (uncredited)
Shuji J. Nozawa
Pachinko Manager (uncredited)
Samuel Fuller
Japanese policeman (uncredited)
Peter Gray
Willy (uncredited)
Reiko Hayakawa
Mariko's Girl Friend (uncredited)
Robert Hosai
Doctor (uncredited)
Kazue Ikeda
Policeman (uncredited)
Kinuko Ann Ito
Servant (uncredited)
Camille Janclaire
Mother Superior (uncredited)
Frank Jumagai
Pachinko Manager (uncredited)
Robert Kino
Policeman (uncredited)
Frank Kwanaga
File Clerk (uncredited)
Richard Loo
Inspector Kito's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Maeshiro
Bartender (uncredited)
Harris Matsushige
Office Clerk (uncredited)
Rollin Moriyama
Pearl Man (uncredited)
Neyle Morrow
Cpl. Davis (uncredited)
Bob Okazaki
Mr. Hommaru (uncredited)
Robert Quarry
Phil (uncredited)
Bob Roberts
Soldier on wall (left)
Reiko Sato
Charlie's Girl (uncredited)
Teru Shimada
Nagaya (uncredited)
May Takasugi
Bath Attendant (uncredited)
Barbara Uchiyamada
Japanese Girl (uncredited)
Everett Weaver
Soldier on wall (right) (uncredited)
House of Bamboo Ratings & Reviews
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
[UPDATED 2024 REVIEW] The main storyline isn't as interesting as the multiple themes resting beneath the surface (homoeroticism, mixed-race relationships, U.S. appropriation of foreign interests), yet even those take a back seat to the dazzling visuals.
New York Times
Bosley Crowther
A lean, hard-boiled, sharp detective thriller with just a light touch of Madame Butterfly.
The Retro Set
Nathanael Hood
The deficit of narrative and tonal cohesion prevents it from matching or exceeding the quality of the film it was loosely remade from: William Keighley's The Street With No Name (1948).
Filmcritic.com
Chris Barsanti
The limits of the lengths to which dazzling camerawork and curled-lip noir bravado can make up for thoroughly ham-fisted dialogue are tested in Sam Fuller's gangster picture
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Fuller, as always, is resourceful and fresh.
Reel Film Reviews
David Nusair
...the positives here outweigh the negatives...
Slant Magazine
Keith Uhlich
House of Bamboo has some of the most stunning examples of widescreen photography in the history of cinema.
IONCINEMA.com
Nicholas Bell
The boiled down narrative is a basic skeleton out of the film noir closet. But as dressed by Fuller, it's much more of a wild creature.
Variety
Variety Staff
Novelty of scene and a warm, believable performance by Japanese star Shirley Yamaguchi are two of the better values in the production.
Chicago Reader
Don Druker
One of Samuel Fuller's best, a tough, sometimes nasty, but always exciting 1955 effort in 'Scope and color that unites three of his favorite topics: military comradeship, the underworld, and the Far East.
MUBI
Fernando F. Croce
[House of Bamboo] is an example of the iconoclastic filmmaker's ribald eye for cinematic collisions of characters and forms.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
Location-shot without permission in Tokyo-Yokohama, this CinemaScope noir zooms in on touristy sights without capturing the nation's postwar trauma about to move into transformation.
Combustible Celluloid
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Fuller's masterful use of natural locations within the Cinemascope frame drives the film, especially the climactic shoot-out on a giant, spinning globe at a carnival.
TV Guide
Beautifully photographed and well-written.
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