The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Average Rating: 7.2/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Oct 1, 1959 Wide
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Crimson Kimono stars Glenn Corbett and James Shigeta as Korean War army buddies, working side by side with the LA homicide squad. When stripper Gloria Pall is murdered, Corbett and Shigeta are sent to investigate. Both are smitten by the lovely Victoria Shaw, who is implicated in the crime. Corbett becomes jealous of Shigeta, who is deeply hurt, feeling that Corbett's animosity is borne of racism. Their friendship, and the central romance, is resolved after the detectives bring the murderer to
Oct 1, 1959 Wide
Oct 27, 2009
Columbia Pictures
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Cast
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Victoria Shaw
Christine Downs -
Glenn Corbett
Detective Sgt. Charlie ... -
James Shigeta
Detective Joe Kojaku -
Anna Lee
Mac -
Paul Dubov
Casale -
Jaclynne Greene
Roma -
Neyle Morrow
Hansel -
Gloria Pall
Sugar Torch -
Barbara Hayden
Mother -
George Yoshinaga
Willy Hidaka -
Kaye Elhardt
Nun -
Aya Oyama
Sister Gertrude -
George Okamura
Karate -
Rev. Ryosho S. Sogabe
Priest -
Robert Okazaki
Yoshinaga -
Fuji
Shuto -
Walter Burke
Ziggy -
Robert Kino
Announcer -
David McMahon
Police Officer -
Rollin Moriyama
Man -
Carol Nugent
Girl -
Stafford Repp
City Librarian -
Brian O'Hara
Police Captain -
Allen Pinson
Stunt Double -
Jack Carol
Man -
Harrison Lewis
Waiter -
Edo Mita
Gardener -
Nina Roman
College Girl -
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... filmed with great moments of location atmosphere, [this] is one of Fuller's most striking commentaries on race.
The Crimson Kimono is mostly a hard-boiled cop thriller, but also manages to make a defiant anti-racist statement without ever getting on a soapbox.
Beyond the preponderance of sweaty close-ups and rat-a-tat-tat cutting in Fuller's films, his peacetime cinema views relationships as a string of tribal skirmishes.
Harry Sukman's score courts condescension whenever the action shifts to Little Tokyo, but it's the film's only slip.
It's a satisfactory Fuller work...
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[font=Century Gothic]"The Crimson Kimono" gets off to a good start and has memorable characters to spare but eventually the mystery takes a back seat to the personal lives of the lead characters. It does help that both halves of the movie dovetail nicely at the end. The movie is far ahead of its time in its depiction of the Asian-American community in general, and the Japanese-American community specifically. [/font]