Strange Film From 1951 that Seems a World Apart from Hollywood.
Entirely Set on the Streets, Back-Alleys, Night-Clubs, and Office Buildings in Tokyo.
It Makes for an Off-Beat Treat for Spy and Cold-War Fans.
Rising Above its Obvious Low-Budget with Actual Scenes Taking Place Within the Bowels of Occupied Japan.
Good Cinematography Captures a City that is Crowded, Defeated just 6 Years Earlier, but Still Animated and Buzzing with Life.
Gritty, Intriguing, Pulpish Exposition and Characters Livens Up the Shortcomings.
Like a Stiff Leading Actor that is Overwhelmed by All Else that is Primitively Stunning.
Highlighted by a Sparkling Performance from Florence Marly.
She is a Combination of a Beautiful, Sexy Subservient Assistant,
and an Intelligent Independent Thinker that Talks About Herself in a Charming 3rd Person.
She Almost Steals the Show from the Cinema Verite Style and Low-Down Locations with Numerous Japanese Actors and Extras.
It's Hard to Imagine, Given the Resources, How this Little Unknown Gem could be Any Better.
A Concurrent-Korean-Conflict, Espionage Film with WWII Echoes that is a Time-Capsule Circa 1951 that is a Hard One to Beat by its Peers.
An Independent, Ultra-Low Budget Look-See at Life Reeling from Global Conflict,
Communist Aggressors, and an American Govt. Trying to Figure it All.
Refreshingly Apart from the Restraints of Studios, Politics, and the Pressure of being Politically Correct.
Although it is Surely an American Perspective.
Definitely Worth a Watch for Something Undeniably Unordinary.
Entirely Set on the Streets, Back-Alleys, Night-Clubs, and Office Buildings in Tokyo.
It Makes for an Off-Beat Treat for Spy and Cold-War Fans.
Rising Above its Obvious Low-Budget with Actual Scenes Taking Place Within the Bowels of Occupied Japan.
Good Cinematography Captures a City that is Crowded, Defeated just 6 Years Earlier, but Still Animated and Buzzing with Life.
Gritty, Intriguing, Pulpish Exposition and Characters Livens Up the Shortcomings.
Like a Stiff Leading Actor that is Overwhelmed by All Else that is Primitively Stunning.
Highlighted by a Sparkling Performance from Florence Marly.
She is a Combination of a Beautiful, Sexy Subservient Assistant,
and an Intelligent Independent Thinker that Talks About Herself in a Charming 3rd Person.
She Almost Steals the Show from the Cinema Verite Style and Low-Down Locations with Numerous Japanese Actors and Extras.
It's Hard to Imagine, Given the Resources, How this Little Unknown Gem could be Any Better.
A Concurrent-Korean-Conflict, Espionage Film with WWII Echoes that is a Time-Capsule Circa 1951 that is a Hard One to Beat by its Peers.
An Independent, Ultra-Low Budget Look-See at Life Reeling from Global Conflict,
Communist Aggressors, and an American Govt. Trying to Figure it All.
Refreshingly Apart from the Restraints of Studios, Politics, and the Pressure of being Politically Correct.
Although it is Surely an American Perspective.
Definitely Worth a Watch for Something Undeniably Unordinary.