House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo (1955) is an American color film noir shot in CinemaScope format. The film was directed by Samuel Fuller. The film is a loose remake of The Street with No Name (1948), by the same screenwriter (Harry Kleiner) and cinematographer (Joseph MacDonald) as in the original. In 1954, a military train guarded by American soldiers and Japanese police is attacked as it travels between Kyoto and Tokyo. During the raid, which is carried out wi... more

House of Bamboo (1955) is an American color film noir shot in CinemaScope format. The film was directed by Samuel Fuller. The film is a loose remake of The Street with No Name (1948), by the same screenwriter (Harry Kleiner) and cinematographer (Joseph MacDonald) as in the original. In 1954, a military train guarded by American soldiers and Japanese police is attacked as it travels between Kyoto and Tokyo. During the raid, which is carried out with great precision, an American sergeant is killed, and the train's cargo of guns and ammunition is stolen. The crime is investigated by Capt. Hanson, an American, and Japanese police inspector Kita, who, five weeks later, are concerned when a thief named Webber is shot with some of the stolen bullets. As Webber lies dying in a Tokyo hospital, he is questioned by Hanson and Kita, and although Webber was left for dead by his gang during a thwarted robbery, he refuses to implicate his cohorts, who presumably are responsible for the earlier crime... less