House of Bamboo

Jul 1, 1955

1h 42m

★ 6.1

Tokyo Post-War Underworld!

Overview

Eddie Kenner is given a special assignment by the Army to get the inside story on Sandy Dawson, a former GI who has formed a gang of fellow servicemen and Japanese locals.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

House of Bamboo Trailers

Cast

Sandy Dawson

Robert Ryan

Eddie Kenner

Robert Stack

Mariko

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Griff

Cameron Mitchell

Capt. Hanson

Brad Dexter

Inspector Kito

Sessue Hayakawa

Webber

Biff Elliot

Ceram

Sandro Giglio

Japanese Screaming Woman

Elko Hanabusa

Skipper (uncredited)

John Doucette

Charlie (uncredited)

DeForest Kelley

John (uncredited)

Harry Carey, Jr.

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