01 Jul 1955
House of Bamboo
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.
The Wolves
A group of five rookie insurance salespersons, driven to desperation by the impossibility of their work in Japan's failing postwar economy, form a plan to rob a cash delivery truck in order to provide for their families.
Top Billed Cast
乙羽信子 
高杉早苗 
殿山泰司 
浜村純 
菅井一郎 
宇野重吉 
小沢栄太郎 
東野英治郎 
清水将夫 
三島雅夫 永田靖 御橋公 
信欣三 斎藤美和 
下元勉 
坪内美子 
北林谷栄 
神田隆 小笠原章二郎 武田正憲
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