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A recent AMC screening reminded me that "House of Bamboo" ranks with "Year of Living Dangerously" as a fascinating escape to another culture, another shoji-screened world. There isn't a wasted shot by storyteller-director Samuel Fuller, who always got right to the point in his films. Robert Stack was appropriately stolid for his part with hints of warmth here and there; too bad he grew increasingly glacial over the years. Shirley Yamaguchi was a fetching "kimono girl"; too bad we didn't get to see her more often.

IMDb's note that "House" is a retelling of "Street Without a Name" is intriguing. I'll have to keep alert to that other film on the TV movie circuit.