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House of Bamboo

1955 · 102 min

A moody, sunlit noir that drifts through postwar Tokyo with cool menace and a slow, brooding tension.

Tagline
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.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • betrayal
  • loyalty
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
Samuel Fuller
Written by
Harry Kleiner
Starring
Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Brad Dexter, Sessue Hayakawa, Biff Elliot, Sandro Giglio
Music
Leigh Harline
Cinematography
Joseph MacDonald
Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Japanese

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