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Actors: Robert Stack, Robert Ryan, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Brad Dexter, Sessue Hayakawa
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about House of Bamboo |
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HOUSE OF BAMBOO is a movie co-written and directed by Samuel Fuller in 1955.
The setting is Tokyo, Japan. An American soldier is killed during a train robbery so the U.S. army sends Sgt. Eddie Keener (Stack) to Tokyo in order to help the American and the Japanese police to solve the case. Keener becomes Eddie Spanier, a man with a bad guy history in the U.S., and manages to infiltrate Sandy Dawson's organisation.
Since the end of WWII, Dawson (Ryan), with the help of soldiers expelled from the army, is organizing yielding robberies in Tokyo. Spanier takes part in his first armed robbery for Keener and is wounded. Instead of finishing him, as he should have done according to the gang's violent code, Keener saves Spanier's life.
As Keener's next outline is to rob an agency of the bank of Tokyo, Spanier discreetly informs the police about Keener's intention and waits for the right moment to arrest him.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of House of Bamboo |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 50%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Criminal enemy is...
- stolen goods organization
If this is a criminal POV story...
- Armed robbery!
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- senior military
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- short/standard curly (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long wavy
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Japanese
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Asia/Pacific
Yes
Asian country:
- Japan
City?
Yes
City:
- dangerous
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
How many deaths in film?
- 4-8
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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