Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

House of bamboo / Twentieth-Century Fox presents ; written by Harry Kleiner ; additional dialogue by Samuel Fuller ; produced by Buddy Adler ; directed by Samuel Fuller.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"Sandy Dawson has assembled a platoon of ex-Army thugs to run pachinko parlors while pulling off bloody heists and armed robbery. The murder of a friend brings Eddie Spanier into the group, along with his beautiful mistress. But Spanier's behavior grows treacherous, and his loyalties become questionable, leading to a breathless, murderous conclusion high above the ancient city of Tokyo."--Container.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Series:

Fox film noir ; 4

Subjects:

Gangsters -- Japan -- Drama.

Gambling -- Japan -- Drama.

Americans -- Japan -- Drama.

Gangsters -- Japón -- Teatro.

Juegos de azar -- Japón -- Teatro.

Tokyo (Japan) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Film noir.

Gangster films.

Police films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Fuller, Samuel, 1912-1997.

Adler, Buddy, 1906-1960.

Kleiner, Harry.

Ryan, Robert, 1909-1973.

Stack, Robert, 1919-2003.

Yamaguchi, Yoshiko, 1920-2014.

Mitchell, Cameron, 1918-1994.

Dexter, Brad, 1917-2002.

Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973.

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.

Special features include: Commentary by film historians James Ursini & Alain Silver; Theatrical trailer; Spanish trailer; Fox Movietone News: Behind the scenes footage; Landing in Japan.

Editor, James B. Clark ; music, Leigh Harline ; director of photography, Joe MacDonald.

Robert Ryan, Robert Stack, Shirley Yamaguchi, Cameron Mitchell, Brad Dexter, Sessue Hayakawa.

Filmed on location in Tokyo, Japan.

DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen format (aspect ratio 2.55:1); "CinemaScope."

Closed-captioned.

English (4.0 surround), Spanish or French (mono) soundtracks, with optional subtitles in English and Spanish.

Other Number:

60546372

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

632442

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# System items in:

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Call Number:

DVD MOVIE House of