Army special assignment to investigate a murderous clique led by exsoldier sandy dawson robert ryan. Zanuck countered with a dream assignment, to shoot 20thfoxs first picture in japan, only ten years after the end of the war. Movie title from the film house of bamboo 1955, directed by samuel fuller, starring robert ryan, robert stack, shirley yamaguchi. Army special assignment to investigate a murderous clique led by. No pinholes or tape and has never been hung or displayed. House of bamboo 1955 robert ryanrobert stack original studio still q426 house of bamboo 1955 with robert ryan and robert stack. This one filmed in 1954 in japan a time when the united states had very little culture influence on. All the elements associated with fullers style are on display, his ambiguous politics, breakneck story telling style and pulp sensibility, overlayed. This vintage original still shows a very rare photo of robert stack on the right and japanese policemen behind a fence. The paper size is approximately 11 x 17 inches 28cm x 44cm. House of bamboo movie posters from movie poster shop. The film is a loose remake of the street with no name 1948, using the same screenwriter harry kleiner and cinematographer joseph macdonald. Tokyo postwar underworld eddie kenner robert stack is given a special assignment by the army to get the inside story on sandy dawson robert ryan, a former gi who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and japanese locals.
House of bamboo 55 japanese robert stack fence ebay. They use their muscle to take over tokyos pachinko racket and commit a series. Sandy dawson had assembled a platton of exarmy thugs to run panchinko parlours while pulling off bloody heists and armed robbery. Buy house of bamboo movie posters from movie poster shop. Do yourself a greater favor and see house of bamboo in your own living room doublefeature with kurosawas stray dog, another tokyo crime story from the same general timeframe. House of bamboo 1955 the movie title stills collection. Compare and contrast the depictions of the tokyoites, the approach to police work, etc. House of bamboo 1955 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It stars robert ryan, robert stack, shirley yamaguchi and cameron mitchell. House of bamboo samuel fuller, 1955 when is a film noir not a film noir.
Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing house of bamboo near you. Eddie kenner robert stack is given a special assignment by the army to get the inside story on sandy dawson robert ryan, a former gi who has formed a. I watched the street with no name 1948 last night, and am watching the house of bamboo 1955 right now without realize the latter is a remake of the former. The park featured in house of bamboo was the closest thing to disneyland in 1955 japan, and features a dizzying, 20storiesup planettype attraction where riders sit on its rotating, saturnlike rings. Free online original movies dvd cover archive database. The uniquely weird house of bamboo represents the high point of the directors relationship with darryl f. All house of bamboo movie posters,high res movie posters image for house of bamboo. The career of the flinty, cigarchomping independent spanned forty years, from 1949 until 1990, from the end of the second world war in which he served with honor to the dawn of the new millennium. Leigh harline scores the music and the film is a loose remake of the street with no name 1948. House of bamboo 1955 samuel fuller releases allmovie. House of bamboo had been on my viewing list for a while.
House of bamboo movie cast lobby card unsigned usa 1955 item 262194. The enhanced transfer is a vast improvement over tv broadcasts and the splicy 16mm print that made an american cinematheque audience furious back in 1997 or so. House of bamboo offers all fullers key themes and motifs in a characteristic thriller form. I was pushed via a prompt for film school dropouts to watch a film starring shirley yamaguchi, an actress im unfamiliar with. The limits of the lengths to which dazzling camerawork and curledlip noir bluster can make up for thoroughly hamfisted dialogue are tested in sam fullers 1955 gangster picture, house of bamboo. Every purchase includes our industry recognized coa. So before getting into the meat of samuel fullers movie let me note that yamaguchi, who has a fascinating backstory performing in china as a woman of japanese descent, is very good in this movie. Avengers and game of thrones rule 2019 mtv movie and tv awards. House of bamboo soundtrack 1955 movie soundtracks for sale. Rent house of bamboo 1955 starring robert ryan and robert stack on dvd and bluray. It is 1954 in tokyo and american soldiers and local forces are working together to protect shipments of ammunition moving around the country. Shop for house of bamboo movie cast related autographs, signed photographs, historical documents and manuscripts from the worlds largest collection. House of bamboo 1955 starring robert ryan, robert stack, shirley yamaguchi, cameron mitchell, sessue hayakawa and brad dexter. The murder of a friend brings eddie spanier into the group, along with his friends.
Main titles leigh harline composer lionel newman conductor 20th centuryfox orchestra orchestra house of bamboo ost 1955 buylinks. Read the full synopsis of house of bamboo, 1955, directed by samuel fuller, with robert ryan, robert stack, shirley yamaguchi, at turner classic movies. House of bamboo, the 1955 samuel fuller who also wrote the additional. Bamboo seems to have better acting, directing, and is more beautiful, but i tend to prefer the street with no name for its grit, dirt, and violence. House of bamboo 1955 sam fullers movies look like no other. House of bamboo movie cast lobby card unsigned usa. In postworld war ii tokyo, eddie kenner robert stack is on a u. Buy house of bamboo 1955 on bluray twilight time movies. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Its a moment of beauty, quite serene, then violence explodes as the train is robbed and death shatters the moment.
Sam fullers house of bamboo is not the greatest film noir ever made, but it is an interesting movie, which despite its flaws, ive found myself. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. The condition of this item is brand new mint condition. House of bamboo is a film directed by samuel fuller with robert stack, robert ryan, shirley yamaguchi, brad dexter, year. Its the familiar tradeoff with fullers scripts though here. Rent house of bamboo 1955 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Whenever a group of men rob one such shipment and kill one of the us guards, the us army get involved in the investigation along with the local police. Find release information for house of bamboo 1955 samuel fuller on allmovie. Foxs dvd of house of bamboo is a visual stunner, with joe macdonalds decorative cinematography finding color in every scene the film was reportedly shot during a cold tokyo winter. One of the first hollywood movies to be shot in japan post world war ii, its a film thats as gritty as it is surprisingly violent. Well, director sam fuller shoved the envelope on that thriller subset as far as it could go with this crime drama set in japan, filmed in tokyo in cinemascope and deluxe color. House of bamboo 1955 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
House of bamboo is directed by sam fuller who also cowrites with harry kleiner. Other members of the cast not necessarily in the movie still. House of bamboo 1955 sam fullers house of bamboo is not the greatest film noir ever made, but it is an interesting movie, which despite its flaws, ive found myself watching over again. The ride looks incredibly unsafe, as if at any minute it would fall apart like one of those collapsing modelts in a hal roach comedy. This sam fuller directed film was released a decade after the end of wwii and japan has of course transformed itself quite a bit since then. House of bamboo was the first postwar american movie to be filmed in japan and as you can imagine most of the tokyo locations including ginza and asakusa now look nothing like. House of bamboo 1955 may not be, as its studio claimed, the first hollywood movie shot on location in japan, but, clearly inspired by its surroundings, it is the. See what the critics had to say and watch the trailer. House of bamboo 1955 in postworld war ii tokyo, eddie kenner robert stack is on a u.
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