The Crimson Kimono (1959)
The Crimson Kimono (1959)
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Cast
as Christine Downs
as Det. Joe Kojaku
as Det. Sgt. Charlie Bancroft
as Casale
as Mac
as Roma
as Hansel
as Sugar Torch
as Mother
as Willy Hidaka
as Nun
as Sister Gertrude
as Karate
as Priest
as Yoshinaga
as Shuto
as Announcer
as Man
as Man
as Police Captain
as Girl
as Police Officer
as Waiter
as Ziggy
as Kendo Referee
as Gardener
as Woman
as Stunt Double
as Child
as City Librarian
as College Girl
Critic Reviews for The Crimson Kimono
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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...
Audience Reviews for The Crimson Kimono
[font=Century Gothic]In "The Crimson Kimono", a stripper, Sugar Torch, is shot and killed on Main Street in Los Angeles. Since a witness cannot make a postive identifcation of the killer, the two detectives assigned to the case, Charlie Bancroft(Glenn Corbett) and Joe Kojaku(James Shigeta), have little to go on. The only clues they have are a painting in Sugar's dressing room and the knowledge that she was working on a Japanese themed act for Las Vegas. Kojaku talks to an martial arts acquaintance who was set to be featured in the act while Joe talks to a painter friend, Mac(Anna Lee).[/font] [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]
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