House of Bamboo

Tokyo Post-War Underworld!

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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.

Released: Jul 1, 1955

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Robert Ryan

Sandy Dawson

Robert Stack

Eddie Kenner

Yoshiko Yamaguchi

Mariko

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