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Synopsis: In Tokyo, a ruthless gang starts holding up U.S. ammunition trains, prepared to kill any of their own members wounded during a robbery. Down-at-heal ex-serviceman Eddie Spannier arrives from the States, apparently at the invitation of one such unfortunate. But Eddie isn't quite what he seems as he manages to make contact with Sandy Dawson, who is obviously running some sort of big operation, and his plan is helped by acquaintance with Mariko, the secret Japanese wife of the dead American.
Director(s): Samuel Fuller
Production: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
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Year:
1955
102 min
86 Views


I came all the way from the States.

He wrote to come over.

That he had a deal cooking.

Was gonna cut me in.

Well, the news hit me below

the belt, Mrs. Webber.

Leaves me out on a limb.

Who shot him?

I don't know.

The newspaper said

he died without talking.

What about the police?

What'd they tell you?

- They don't know about me.

- Didn't you go to 'em?

No.

I don't get this. Your husband killed,

you don't go to the police?

The first thing anybody'd do.

Why didn't you go to them?

He made me promise never to let anyone

know we were married...

no matter what happened to him.

Why? Was he ashamed?

No. He had his reasons.

He never told me why.

Well, if it was such a big secret,

why did he write me about you?

I don't know.

Maybe because he trusted you.

How did it happen?

Why was he shot?

I don't understand it.

I still can't believe it.

The man I married was gentle, kind.

Oh, for two months it was

a paradise I always dreamed of.

And then the newspaper said

he was in a robbery...

and shot down by his own friend

and left in the street!

Take it easy. You'll be all right.

Take it easy.

I didn't know what to do.

I was afraid to go to the police.

I didn't go back to the theater.

I moved in with my uncle.

There was no one to go to,

no one to turn to.

I was mixed-up, ashamed.

I can't believe he was bad.

I couldn't have married a thief.

I didn't know he was in that deep.

He wrote me he managed a pachinko parlor

in the Asaksa district.

There's nothing wrong with that.

It's a legitimate business.

I didn't figure

he was in that deep.

He must have got fouled up

with the wrong crowd.

You think I should go to the police?

No. What good is it?

You can't help them.

Well...

- I'm afraid.

- Of what?

I'm afraid they will kill me

the way they killed him.

It was smart of him to keep

the marriage a secret.

You got nothing to worry about as long

as nobody knows you're his wife.

Who's the boss?

The fellow in charge of the place.

The head man!

The number one boy.

Ah.

- Ichiban.

- Yeah.

- You're the ichiban?

- Hai. Konnichiwa.

You speak a little English?

A little.

What's $25 in Japanese money?

Ah, so.

Uh, 9,000 yen, official rate.

I give you 10% more.

Nine thousand yen

is $25 dollars, huh?

Hai.

I come every week,

collect 9,000 yen for protection...

so nobody'll do to you

what I'm doing, okay?

Hai.

Who's the boss?

You know, the boss.

The head man.

You know, the boss.

The number one boy.

Ah, so-so.

Ichiban. Ichiban.

Red. Red.

- You mean the guy with the red coat?

- Hai. Hai.

You the ichiban?

Hai. Konnichiwa.

- Speak a little English?

- Of course. A little.

What's $25 in Japanese money?

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Harry Kleiner

Harry Kleiner (September 10, 1916 Tiflis, Russia – October 17, 2007 Chicago, Illinois) was a Russian-born American screenwriter and producer best known for his films at 20th Century Fox. more…

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