

House of Bamboo
Tokyo Post-War Underworld!
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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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1.4M
- Box office
- $1.7M
- Language
- English
- japan
- post war japan
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNRNew York City, New York1 Jul 1955
- TheatricalLos Angeles, California13 Jul 1955
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House of Bamboo was released on 1 July 1955.
Audience reviews
2- J7/10
John Chard
9/30/2018
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 wit…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
11/14/2023
When a man is mysteriously murdered in Tokyo, the US Army plants it's streetwise investigator "Eddie" (Robert Stack) into the city with a mission to inveigle himself into a gang of petty American racketeers. It's quite easy for him get their attention, but securing the trust of "Sandy" (Robert Ryan) isn't so straightforward, especially as his sidekick "Griff" (Cameron Mitchell) is both wary and jealous of this new ad…
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