House of Bamboo

House of Bamboo is a 1955 American film noir shot in CinemaScope and DeLuxe Color. It was directed and cowritten by Samuel Fuller.

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 trains 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. Webber, who is also an American, does reveal, however, that he is secretly married to a Japanese woman named Mariko. Among Webbers possessions is a letter from an American named Eddie Spanier, who wants to join Webber in Japan after his release from a U.S. prison.Three weeks later, Eddie arrives in Tokyo and finds Mariko, who is initially afraid that he is one of the men responsible for her husbands death. Eddie gains Marikos trust with a photograph of himself and Webber, then warns her to keep quiet about her marriage so that she will not be in danger from Webbers killers. Later, Eddie goes to a pachinko parlor, in which patrons gamble on intricate machines similar to pinball machines. There, Eddie attempts to sell protection to the manager, but when he tries the same tactic at another such parlor, he is beaten and warned to leave by racketeer Sandy Dawson and his henchmen, Griff, Charlie, Willy and Phil. Intrigued by Eddies presence in Japan, Sandy arranges for him to be arrested, and Sandys secret informer, who is connected to the police department, obtains Eddies rap sheet. Convinced of Eddies aptitude for crime, Sandy invites him to join his gang, which consists of former American servicemen who have been dishonorably discharged. After his acceptance into th

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