The Bamboo House of Dolls

1973 [CHINESE]

Action / Drama / Horror / Thriller / War

4
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 668 668

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Plot summary

A nurse in a Japanese women's POW camp during World War II masterminds an escapee.

Director

Chih-Hung Kuei Photo
Chih-Hung Kuei

Top cast

Dana Photo
Dana as Tortured inmate
Mei Sheng Fan Photo
Mei Sheng Fan as Tabei
Hsieh Wang Photo
Hsieh Wang as Inoue
Lieh Lo Photo
Lieh Lo as Tsui Kuo-Tung
720p.BluRay
1 GB
1280*512
Chinese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 51 min
Seeds 7

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Musicianmagic 5 / 10

Too long. Too inconsistent. Almost entertaining

During World War 2 a group of Chinese and American (Red Cross) woman are put into a Japanese military prison camp. They are sometimes made available to Japanese officers. A group of them seek a way to escape.WIP (Women in Prison) films were very popular worldwide in the 1970's. Some were excellent, some awful and this one falls in the middle. Nudity & violence was required. This includes some torture and explicit violence by the Japanese soldiers. Chinese films used to show how violent the Japanese could be as memories of the war still was in the Chinese consciousness.This could have been named House of Breasts as the first three-quarters have plenty. But they were just on screen a lot usually in long shots. There is a story and it evolves over the course of the movie which is good. Good special effects for it's time and set design at Shaw Brothers studio.The problems include some scenes that didn't lead to anything going on way too long. They could have been edited down without losing anything. The second problem is sometimes characters do things or don't that didn't make sense. That's when I yell out "Oh, C'mon!" The third problem is the acting was very mediocre. The exception is Terry Liu who played the female head of prison security who was outstanding. A couple of continuity issues round out the problems.It wasn't the worst movie of its kind. It just wasn't very good either. It wasn't even worth watching for the breasts.
Reviewed by Real_Review 5 / 10

Way More Than You Are Probably Expecting. Impressive.

This is no simple little 'sexploitation' or 'women-in-prison' film. Rating this film is difficult because it attempts to do so many things. It's always cool when you put on a movie that you don't expect too much from, and the director surprises you with a whole bag of tricks.If all you want is sexploitation, then this might work for you - I believe there are more panty-shots in this film than any other in history. Seriously. There is a hella-sexy scene of all of the women bathing together with bowls and barrels. If you're into torture in your women's prison films, then this 'Bamboo' can scratch your itch. There is some pretty hardcore stuff here - a little too much for my taste. The presence of a few Caucasian women in this Japanese concentration camp was also off-putting to me... and, the white girls always had clean hair. How stupid... Meanwhile, the director puts all of this extra effort and detail into these realistic explosions and attempted choreography. Speaking of...Why does this sexploitation film have so many effects and stunts? Wtf was going on over in Hong Kong? There was actual fight choreography in this film... several times... and, it was bad... every time... the choreography was bad every time. The explosions were good. The car chase scene destroys an entire set. They just keep driving this car into buildings and props until they destroy the entire set they were using. And, it was awesome.You would think that all of these explosions and poorly acted fights might distract from the either the 'sex' or the 'exploitation' aspect of the sexploitation, but, no! Even in the midst of the car chase, the director manages to include a ton of panty shots. Genius.This film is way better than it should be and is a unique trashy gem in a genre full of generic trash.RealReview Posting Scoring Criteria: Acting - 1/1; Casting - 0.5/1; Directing - 0.5/1; Story - 0.5/1; Writing/Screenplay - 1/1;Total Base Score = 3.5Modifiers (+ or -): Gratuitous Female Nudity: +1 (Is it weird to say that this film makes me want to visit Hong Kong? Yeah, that's weird...);Total RealReview Rating: 4.5 (happily rounded up to 5 for IMDB)
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