Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship.
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| Victoria Shaw | ... | Christine Downs | |
| Glenn Corbett | ... | Det. Sgt. Charlie Bancroft | |
| James Shigeta | ... | Det. Joe Kojaku | |
| Anna Lee | ... | Mac | |
| Paul Dubov | ... | Casale | |
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Jaclynne Greene | ... | Roma |
| Neyle Morrow | ... | Hansel | |
| Gloria Pall | ... | Sugar Torch | |
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Pat Silver | ... | Mother (as Barbara Hayden) |
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George Yoshinaga | ... | Willy Hidaka |
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Kaye Elhardt | ... | Nun |
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Aya Oyama | ... | Sister Gertrude |
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George Okamura | ... | Charlie, karate teacher |
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Ryosho S. Sogabe | ... | Priest (as Reverend Ryosho S. Sogabe) |
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Bob Okazaki | ... | George Yoshinaga (as Robert Okazaki) |
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Classic, hard-to-find Sam Fuller pic is intriguing noir about two detective partners, one caucasian and one Japanese, who try to solve a complicated murder case. Unfortunately, trouble arises when along the way, both of them fall in love with the key witness! Written by Mark Toscano <fiddybop@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
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Yes, this is a beautiful American girl in the arms of a Japanese boy!Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
5 May 1960 (Mexico) See more »Also Known As:
El kimono escarlata See more »Company Credits
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Mac: Ah, many, many times!
Christine Downs: Well, was he, uh, someone of a different race?
Mac: [pauses] There was a Hindu in Bombay...
Christine Downs: Was he sensitive about the difference between you?
Mac: [laughs] HE wasn't... but his father looked down his imperious nose at me.
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In the military graveyard, a grave marker says that the Nisei soldier had been awarded the "Congressional Medal of Honor". The name of the medal is properly named the "Medal of Honor"; the word "Congressional" is informal usage and would not appear on a grave marker in a military graveyard. See more »Quotes
Christine Downs: Were you ever in love with a man from a different world?Mac: Ah, many, many times!
Christine Downs: Well, was he, uh, someone of a different race?
Mac: [pauses] There was a Hindu in Bombay...
Christine Downs: Was he sensitive about the difference between you?
Mac: [laughs] HE wasn't... but his father looked down his imperious nose at me.
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I was truly surprised by this movie - I expected a basic potboiler, with a random collection of Japanese and/or Chinese stereotypes... but what I got was a potboiler (sorry, the plot's pretty basic) AND an interesting set of insights into Japanese-American culture. I'm trying to picture a 1959 audience attending this movie... were they expecting an Oriental thriller? Or perhaps a pseudo-noir detective movie? (I'm also trying to resist comparing this to the last half-dozen episodes of Law & Order I've seen)
Meanwhile, this movie has no sense of "outsider's look at foreigners," no sense of "those people are strange," just a lot of "here's what they do, and here's what their daily life includes." All wrapped up in... a B-grade movie. But that just means that the cultural pieces lift up the otherwise-average quality of the rest of the movie!