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Dominican Rep. The Crimson Kimono
489
Drama. Film noir. Mystery
Two detectives seek a stripper's killer in the Japanese quarter of Los Angeles, but a love triangle threatens their friendship... When a masked killer shoots Sugar Torch, a Los Angeles stripper, in the neck, homicide detectives Charlie Bancroft and Joe Kojaku, who happen to be roommates, investigate. A variety of clues, including a painting with a bullet hole in it, lead them to some interesting characters in L.A.'s Little Tokyo and to ... [+]
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"An obvious production of low budget, the Crimson Kimona nevertheless has some good moments, photographically as well as in performance." | ||
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"'The Crimson Kimono' segues into a routine police-procedural midsection that becomes less and less interesting (and more and more tedious) as time progresses... (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" | ||
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"Fuller’s feat is giving the film’s nonstop interrogations, meetings and confrontations profound racial and political meaning" | ||
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"The mystery melodrama part of the film gets lost during the complicated romance, and the racial tolerance plea is cheapened by its inclusion in a film of otherwise straight action." | ||
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"A compact, efficient Sam Fuller B picture." | ||
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"Fuller had an ordinary little murder mystery here that he added an interracial overlay to and attempted to meld the two. It doesn't work." |
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