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By Jeremy B (846) on 13 Feb 2009

A deeper-than-it-appears film set in post-war Japan, in the noir tradition where the fine line between the good guys and bad guys is very much…

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By Eric R (1,431) on 28 Dec 2008

Samuel Fuller in peak form…

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By Chris . (443) on 11 Dec 2008

This is the worst Sam Fuller movie I've see so far…

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By Kris K (157) on 22 Nov 2008

As always, Fuller is brave in tackling sexual and gender issues in 1950s American cinema like no one else did or could -- perhaps apart from…

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By Zach F (179) on 13 Sep 2008

An amazing film from Samuel Fuller shot, in scope, and in Japan…

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By Adam P (1,180) on 02 Jul 2008

A film-noir plot shot in widescreen and Technicolor with almost no nondiegetic music and a near complete absence of any shot closer than medium-wide…

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By Tom B (1,265) on 07 May 2008

An often over looked Sam Fuller film. It's film nior in color set in Japan. Well paced and wonderfully shot…

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By Max N (202) on 07 May 2008

Samuel Fuller es sinonimo de olvido, es casi como si nunca hubiera exisitido…

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By Mike S (2,123) on 02 Mar 2008

A decent noir. Takes a bit too long to get going, but I love Robert Ryan, and he's great here…

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By Phil W (144) on 19 Jan 2008

An underrated Sam Fuller flick…

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By Jack G (1,167) on 13 Aug 2007

Beautiful colors + Robert Stack. So of course, great…

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By Michael K (2,029) on 28 Jul 2007

Robert Stack kicking ass. I dont't think enough movies had Stack just kicking ass -- well, he kicked a lot of ass in Airplane. Ass kick…

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By Kim P (236) on 16 Jul 2007

An amazingly unconventional noir. Fuller makes an amazing use of the beautiful setting…

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By David S (4,459) on 13 Jul 2007

Samuel Fuller provides tough, no-nonsense direction to his feature, and Ryan is terrific as the cruel and sadistic gang leader…

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By Lisa M (931) on 12 Jun 2007

I had the misfortune of seeing this movie after seeing The Street With No Name…

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By John D (2,323) on 17 Jun 2006

In House of Bamboo, ex-soldier Eddie Spannier(Robert Stack) arrives in Japan looking for a friend of a his who had promised him work…

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By Andrew K (2,033) on 06 Mar 2006

Fuller the most underated director of all time…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 24 Jul 2005

Fuller's masterful use of natural locations within the Cinemascope frame drives the film, especially the climactic shoot-out on a giant, spinning…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 08 Jun 2005

The limits of the lengths to which dazzling camerawork and curled-lip noir bravado can make up for thoroughly ham-fisted dialogue are tested…

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By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 May 2003

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…

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