SAMUEL FULLER'S TOKYO-BASED FILM NOIR 'HOUSE OF BAMBOO'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAT4lYSn5oopgBCbIFGdXoVuGBY_f8NyHcDPSYLkzkHfB3lB03ti2qDijYVwjuhloNZF3d4N65oiNuZWcviyVdHnVkjoJZGpZmA1Fq4g28fXNsDj3Ag6-47nk9FuKQG5jG3P0val4y5-vgAZ-AOAY_EeiysNd-yrYHuLEB_HhkBJtbd6wu9uq2S7vCS2x/s1437/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-08%20at%2011.51.35%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1437" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisAT4lYSn5oopgBCbIFGdXoVuGBY_f8NyHcDPSYLkzkHfB3lB03ti2qDijYVwjuhloNZF3d4N65oiNuZWcviyVdHnVkjoJZGpZmA1Fq4g28fXNsDj3Ag6-47nk9FuKQG5jG3P0val4y5-vgAZ-AOAY_EeiysNd-yrYHuLEB_HhkBJtbd6wu9uq2S7vCS2x/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202021-10-08%20at%2011.51.35%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Cameron Mitchell's the boss's thug in HOUSE OF BAMBOO Year: 1955 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of Sam Fuller's greatest movies is a Noir remake set in Tokyo, and the 1948 FBI-propaganda THE STREET WITH NO NAME is the best cinematic venture J. Edgar Hoover was ever connected to and starring Mark Stevens as an agent going undercover, literally on Skid Row, first as a boxer and then joining a gang of gangsters more like crooks...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>In HOUSE OF BAMBOO the head baddie's Robert Ryan, slowburn and professional, the polar opposite of Richard Widmark's signature tantrum-spouting hood. More a crooked businessman, he's cold to the bone yet eventually finds trust in seemingly wayward stranger-in-town Robert Stack...</p><p><span></span></p>

brad dexter, crime, deforest kelley, FBI, fifties, film noir or melodrama, heist, japanese-based, robert ryan, robert stack

SAMUEL FULLER'S TOKYO-BASED FILM NOIR 'HOUSE OF BAMBOO'

Cameron Mitchell's the boss's thug in HOUSE OF BAMBOO Year: 1955 Rating: **** One of Sam Fuller's greatest movies is a Noir rema...

GAMERA

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBuAVS-7igijJFlEnVvysRHp2AExrSAMEsOk_mv-lJl_lmyJV2bKFzS-ADqp6qYFYfzeulMgrzmwLGQOtqrn7W_FsFP4yFS5lkb18Ez35IQVPtghhjxRhVsUjiE10V43T6PdU6nvASFRN/s1600/gamera-poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmBuAVS-7igijJFlEnVvysRHp2AExrSAMEsOk_mv-lJl_lmyJV2bKFzS-ADqp6qYFYfzeulMgrzmwLGQOtqrn7W_FsFP4yFS5lkb18Ez35IQVPtghhjxRhVsUjiE10V43T6PdU6nvASFRN/s200/gamera-poster.jpg" width="161" /></a></div><b>title:</b> GAMERA <br /> <div><b>year:</b> 1965</div><div><b>cast:</b> Eiji Fanakoshi</div><div><b>rating:</b> ***1/2</div><br /> <div>There are so many versions of this giant turtle epic that it's hard to find the actual source: the real thing is obviously the version without the Americans thrown in, giving their input and turning things into a world crisis that audiences that relate with stateside, but what's patchworked together in the movie that's readily available is an intense, terrific man-in-monster-costume ride. A side-story involving a kid who loves turtles provides more color than the rambling dialog of the scientists figuring a way to destroy a beast: who ferociously thrives on whatever weapons are thrown at him. But the savory battles, and the last ten minutes providing the much-mentioned "Plan" to finally rid of "Gammera" (the actual spelling), makes the whole crazy romp worthwhile. </div>

action, japanese-based, monster, sixties

GAMERA

title: GAMERA year: 1965 cast: Eiji Fanakoshi rating: ***1/2 There are so many versions of this giant turtle epic that it's hard ...

THE YAKUZA

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcKCajPTqSjb6gAmOZyN0INK1iwYx0JJC9Tdtomcg_UsfGv-5AKYZSBLe1tp61LZ1bl_IPpho9qncIBhIKc9Px7J4yUmXYRX5CrtFIAejKTtB1iChUJkJrX4A68Ymw71vVktXH_yRPM4/s1600/YAKUZA1.jpg"><strong><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585143556740923154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZcKCajPTqSjb6gAmOZyN0INK1iwYx0JJC9Tdtomcg_UsfGv-5AKYZSBLe1tp61LZ1bl_IPpho9qncIBhIKc9Px7J4yUmXYRX5CrtFIAejKTtB1iChUJkJrX4A68Ymw71vVktXH_yRPM4/s200/YAKUZA1.jpg" style="float: right; height: 152px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 200px;" /></strong></a><strong>title:</strong> THE YAKUZA<br /> <div> <strong>year:</strong> 1974</div> <div> <strong>cast:</strong> Robert Mitchum, Brian Keith, Ken Takakura, Richard Jordan</div> <div> <strong>rating:</strong> *1/2</div> <br /> <div> </div> <div> It's amazing that the creator of CHINATOWN (Robert Towne), teamed-up with the genius behind TAXI DRIVER (Paul Schrader), could devise a script with zero entertainment value: centering on WWII vet Robert Mitchum returning to Japan to rescue a friend's kidnapped daughter. The dialogue seems endless and pointless, especially between Mitchum and his old Japanese flame. And when action does occur, it feels rushed and awkward, directed by Sydney Pollack with the intensity of a daytime soap. And yet, beyond the miscasting of the usually comedic Herb Edelman, and the waste of Mitchum and Brian Keith's talents, Japanese actor Ken Takakura, as the only character with any purpose (or power), has potential: but is stuck in the wrong film to use it. </div>

action, brian keith, japanese-based, paul schrader, richard jordan, robert mitchum, seventies

THE YAKUZA

title: THE YAKUZA year: 1974 cast: Robert Mitchum, Brian Keith, Ken Takakura, Richard Jordan rating: *1/2 It's amazing th...