
House of Bamboo(1955)
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.


“YES, this is a beautiful American girl in the arms of a Japanese boy!”
Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.

Victoria Shaw
Christine Downs

James Shigeta
Detective Joe Kojaku

Glenn Corbett
Detective Sergeant Charlie Bancroft

Anna Lee
Mac

Paul Dubov
Casale

Jaclynne Greene
Roma

Neyle Morrow
Hansel

Gloria Pall
Sugar Torch
Pat Silver
Mother
George Yoshinaga
Willy Hidaka
The Crimson Kimono is a romance, drama, crime film released in 1959 exploring themes of detective, karate, stripper, murder, interracial couple, japanese american. Directed by Samuel Fuller, it stars Victoria Shaw, James Shigeta, Glenn Corbett. Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.
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