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Underworld U.S.A.(Movie), House of Bamboo(Movie), Murder by Contract(Movie), The Underworld Story(Movie), Shockproof(Movie), Verboten!(Movie), The Steel Helmet(Movie), Forty Guns(Movie), Bodyguard(Movie), The Brothers Rico(Movie), Thieves After Dark(Movie), I Shot Jesse James(Movie)
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honestly shocked at how ahead of its time this is in terms of casting asian-americans in asian-american roles and not have them be stereotypes or do exaggerated accents. i'll go even further and say that for 1959 it treats japanese culture and the struggles of racial minorities with an amount of grace and respect that even in 2021 people still tend to fuck up somehow. the worst part about it all is the poster, really. but none of it is present in the movie other than from the perspective of shigeta's joe kojaku. shigeta making his debut and absolutely killing it in the lead, by the way. now... read
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