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The Crimson Kimono is a 1959 American crime film noir drama starring James Shigeta, Glenn Corbett and Victoria Shaw. Directed by Samuel Fuller, it features several ahead-of-its-time ideas about race and society's perception of race, a thematic and stylistic trademark of Fuller.
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In the past, it was much easier for Hollywood filmmakers to tackle unpleasant subjects or break taboos in films that, at first glance, looked like exploitation. An interesting example of this can be found in *The Crimson Kimono*, a 1959 crime drama directed by Samuel Fuller. Set in Los Angeles, the film opens in Little Tokyo, where the story begins with the murder of Sugar Torch (played by Gloria Pall), a burlesque…More
