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The Crimson Kimono

19596.7 / 1082 min

Romance, Drama, Crime, Mystery

Overview

YES, this is a beautiful American girl in the arms of a Japanese boy!

Two detectives clash over the hunt for a burlesque dancer’s killer in Los Angeles’ Japanese district.

Cast

Victoria Shaw

Christine Downs

James Shigeta

Detective Joe Kojaku

Glenn Corbett

Detective Sergeant Charlie Bancroft

Anna Lee

Mac

Paul Dubov

Casale

Jaclynne Greene

Roma

Neyle Morrow

Hansel

Gloria Pall

Sugar Torch

Pat Silver

Mother

George Yoshinaga

Willy Hidaka

Kaye Elhardt

Nun

Aya Oyama

Sister Gertrude

George Okamura

Charlie, karate teacher

Ryosho S. Sogabe

Priest

Bob Okazaki

George Yoshinaga

Shuji J. Nozawa

Shuto

Stafford Repp

City Librarian

George Sasaki

Citizen (uncredited)

Crew

Samuel Fuller

Producer

Samuel Fuller

Writer

Samuel Fuller

Director

Sam Leavitt

Director of Photography

Jack Hayes

Orchestrator

Harry Sukman

Conductor

John P. Livadary

Recording Supervision

Clay Campbell

Makeup Supervisor

J.S. Westmoreland

Sound

Leo Shuken

Orchestrator

Helen Hunt

Hairstylist

Floyd Joyer

Assistant Director

Ed Ware

Wardrobe Supervisor

William Flannery

Art Direction

Harry Sukman

Original Music Composer

Bernice Pontrelli

Costume Design

Jerome Thoms

Editor

Robert F. Boyle

Art Direction

James Crowe

Set Decoration