The Crimson Kimono (1959)
Classic, hard-to-find Sam Fuller pic is intriguing noir about two detective partners, one caucasian and one Japanese, who try to solve a complicated murder case. Unfortunately, trouble arises when along the way, both of them fall in love with the key witness! (imdb)
Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Mystery
Country: USA
Directed By: Samuel Fuller
Written By: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Anna Lee, Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Paul Dubov, Jaclynne Greene, Gloria Pall
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The Crimson Kimono belongs to 14 collections
1. Film Noir (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 53 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures 250 Quintessential Noir Films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 37 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 18 stars)
4. 1,000 Noir Films: They Shot Dark Pictures, Didn't They? (public: moderated by lisa- - 7 stars)
5. Best of Classic Old Hollywood (pre-70s) (public: moderated by 90sCoffee - 4 stars)
6. List: Noir of the Week (public: moderated by KasperL - 3 stars)
7. love without borders: cross-cultural + interracial + interfaith relationships (public: moderated by livelove - 3 stars)
8. Versátil Home Video (public: moderated by allegreller)
9. Leaving Criterion Channel 4/30/20 (private: owen1218 - 1 star)
10. The 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time: Slant Magazine (private: TychoCelchuu - 1 star)
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| Jan 03 | false10 | 60 0% |
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| Dec 22, 2020 | Ella May | 75 69% |
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Enjoyable pulpy noir with an interesting setting in a Japanese section of LA and some exploration of racism.
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| Dec 17, 2020 |  |
FCritikerAdm | 40 49% |
| Oct 27, 2020 |  |
loosecanons | 7 59% |
| Aug 16, 2020 |  |
Darren | 81 75% |
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Fuller in 1957: we can’t possibly have Natives playing natives but two years later we can do this! Also people lauding this for being PROGRESSIVE or whatever when the thesis is basically that the Asian character is imagining that racism is happening to him LOL. Great movie tho. Composed beautifully
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| Aug 10, 2020 |  |
Seethruskin | 5 80% |
| Aug 04, 2020 | hertzfeldts | 61 49% |
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| May 28, 2020 | dennis_leigh | 60 0% |
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| May 14, 2020 |  |
Lionel Hutz | 78 78% |
| Apr 29, 2020 |  |
NathanBates | 60 34% |
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Average noir, differentiated by an interracial romance. The dialogue is pretty poor, even by pulp standards, and the murder plot gets mostly lost to focus on the love story. It makes up points by being daring in the racially-charged love triangle.
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| Apr 28, 2020 |  |
Big Lemons | 83 59% |
| Apr 21, 2020 |  |
cryteno | 5 16% |
| Apr 19, 2020 |  |
syvyys | 90 88% |
| Apr 19, 2020 | jam66539 | 60 45% |
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| Apr 12, 2020 | brennanc | 14 59% |
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| Apr 12, 2020 |  |
jmsenise | 65 29% |
| Apr 12, 2020 | strangelime | 75 39% |
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| Apr 11, 2020 | bmmello | 75 41% |
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| Apr 08, 2020 | oddis87 | 76 55% |
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| Apr 08, 2020 | dracular | 55 53% |
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| Apr 07, 2020 | toro913 | 71 78% |
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| Dec 24, 2019 |  |
whitejeft | 90 71% |
| Dec 12, 2019 |  |
mycollection | 100 0% |
| Sep 15, 2019 | punk_dfc | 73 78% |
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| Aug 09, 2019 |  |
bal3x | 70 71% |
| Apr 23, 2019 | AHALE80 | 80 71% |
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| Apr 17, 2019 |  |
flowing | 49 37% |
| Mar 05, 2019 | mate_cosido | 80 71% |
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| Feb 08, 2019 |  |
tsumanne | 62 38% |
| Feb 01, 2019 |  |
nobamba | 75 81% |
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Went into this expecting a film noir and Chris to be a femme fatale. Instead I got an enjoyable melodrama with positive depictions of race relations. Fav scene: the men waking up in their apartment.
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| Jan 28, 2019 | TheMarkle | 70 66% |
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| Dec 27, 2018 | knives | 85 93% |
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| Nov 17, 2018 | Dom92 | 60 28% |
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| Oct 07, 2018 |  |
julesfmb | 76 92% |
| Sep 28, 2018 |  |
clowngirl | 73 63% |
| Sep 15, 2018 | leemarvins | 80 67% |
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| Sep 03, 2018 | felixgartner | 80 58% |
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| Sep 01, 2018 |  |
CHIMP | 74 58% |
| Aug 09, 2018 |  |
Fritz Fass | 70 37% |
| Jul 26, 2018 |  |
CMQuinn | 70 49% |
| May 07, 2018 | Siegel Hans | 70 57% |
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| May 06, 2018 |  |
normatic | 80 85% |
| May 03, 2018 | dragos | 60 28% |
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| Apr 16, 2018 | AchwellFoley | 65 66% |
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| Feb 14, 2018 |  |
Pats_London | 79 50% |
| Jan 29, 2018 |  |
laika | 78 69% |
| Jan 01, 2018 |  |
Tetsu | 82 63% |
| Dec 02, 2017 |  |
RadioFreeLee | 79 62% |
| Nov 29, 2017 | Cocoa | 60 49% |
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| Sep 11, 2017 |  |
I am prowler | 72 90% |
| Aug 29, 2017 | NevinLiu | 80 69% |
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| Aug 01, 2017 |  |
cripplehorse | 43 41% |
| May 13, 2017 | HillJackBob | 40 8% |
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| Apr 09, 2017 |  |
chadisdanger | 83 71% |
| Apr 05, 2017 | 92filmgeek | 61 51% |
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| Mar 29, 2017 |  |
robot2xl | 74 83% |
| Mar 11, 2017 |  |
RYM-byrates | 69 75% |
| Feb 10, 2017 | Bobbles | 81 82% |
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| Dec 13, 2016 |  |
jeff_v | 71 69% |
| Nov 08, 2016 |  |
xinet | 95 99% |
| Oct 07, 2016 |  |
Dominoes1992 | 85 52% |
| Oct 02, 2016 |  |
GrimsChild | 55 66% |
| Aug 07, 2016 | filmcricket | 67 68% |
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| Jul 19, 2016 |  |
joxnq | 90 88% |
| Jul 04, 2016 | Col_Needham | 60 21% |
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| Jul 04, 2016 | MrWhiplash | 80 55% |
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| Apr 07, 2016 | mntypython22 | 86 52% |
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| Feb 29, 2016 |  |
FrancoGonzo | 15 79% |
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Star Rating: ★★★★
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| Feb 18, 2016 | chair39 | 40 32% |
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| Feb 05, 2016 |  |
Mochard | 60 45% |
| Feb 04, 2016 | 10kfilms | 73 69% |
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| Feb 02, 2016 | marclefou18 | 85 58% |
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| Jan 24, 2016 |  |
ahherdemc | 48 10% |
| Jan 10, 2016 | innerscar | 10 94% |
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| Jan 07, 2016 |  |
dr. radical | 56 44% |
| Jan 03, 2016 | LordCouture | 67 68% |
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| Jan 03, 2016 |  |
JJ1986 | 60 54% |
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Feels like the 80-minute cut of a 2-hour film. Everything is truncated, especially the love story and the conflict between the partners. Still worth watching for the ideas expressed, Fuller's camera work and a great performance from James Shigeta.
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| Jan 02, 2016 |  |
MUBIvotes | 37 67% |
| Dec 04, 2015 |  |
allegreller | 70 31% |
| Dec 02, 2015 |  |
r/TrueFilm | 80 55% |
| Nov 09, 2015 |  |
jbissell | 85 78% |
| Oct 31, 2015 |  |
Mr. Mxyzptlk | 100 0% |
| Oct 19, 2015 |  |
marceloneis | 80 73% |
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phil- | 91 93% |
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Aron Ericson | 72 73% |
| Jul 19, 2015 | thirdeye42 | 73 57% |
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| Jul 06, 2015 | 5Z5qjRCfM2 | 60 66% |
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| Jun 29, 2015 |  |
gargantua | 60 46% |
| Apr 24, 2015 | OldAle1 | 80 61% |
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| Jan 15, 2015 | henrybr | 75 45% |
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| Jan 10, 2015 |  |
AFlickering | 6 91% |
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god what a weird movie. i can't imagine it being made now, then, or any time at all.
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| Nov 18, 2014 |  |
theWizard | 8 77% |
| Nov 01, 2014 |  |
Oliveira | 75 55% |
| Apr 26, 2014 | k.van. | 8 59% |
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| Mar 03, 2014 |  |
Raf | 30 10% |
| Jul 27, 2013 | TonyS. | 77 72% |
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| Jun 24, 2013 |  |
3dRevelation | 45 10% |
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A noir that to it's detriment forgets about the crime that it begins with in favor of a melodramatic love story, and only returns to the beginning at the very end of the film.
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| Jun 19, 2013 |  |
Scottathon | 79 70% |
| May 20, 2013 |  |
wetwillies | 80 36% |
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Doesn't have quite the same punch as Fuller's best movies, but it has some great moments. In particular, the opening is, on some level, pulp brilliance, with a stripper performing a routine and leaving a club just to get shot down in the streets of LA. C'mon, that's just great.
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| May 01, 2013 |  |
hulot | 90 90% |
| Feb 13, 2013 | edaz | 78 30% |
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| Dec 02, 2012 |  |
KasperL | 60 51% |
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The potentially interesting main foci of this (barely-a-)noir are jealousy, racism and how people will imagine what others think of them and extrapolate, even when they might easily be mistaken. But Fuller only manages to scratch at the surface level.
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| Oct 22, 2012 |  |
verbals | 72 36% |
| Oct 01, 2012 |  |
Icarus | 88 84% |
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Love, love, love the locations of this film--authentic shots of 1950's Los Angeles give the movie a gritty sense of place that helps to root the fundamental dilemma--Joe's identity crisis--in the real world. Both of the cops are full characters with complex motivations, while appearances from the always enjoyable Anna Lee help with the pacing.
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| Aug 24, 2012 |  |
Allan Kardec | 90 38% |
| Jul 25, 2012 |  |
fabiovisnadi | 92 90% |
| Jul 21, 2012 | e-ball | 82 85% |
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| May 31, 2012 | debaser1985 | 81 92% |
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| Apr 11, 2012 | mmcdonald2k | 1 8% |
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| Feb 27, 2012 | nuotio | 53 41% |
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| Feb 21, 2012 |  |
Raian-kun | 95 74% |
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A shockingly, refreshingly socially liberal film for its time, and even for today in too many ways. A gritty noir, romantic melodrama, and moving buddy picture all in one delicious confection. It also has lovely performances from the four main actors, including a scene-stealing turn by Anna Lee as the full of piss and vinegar, booze swilling, lovelorn, hard-bitten feministic painter Mac. It doesn't hurt either that Shigeta, Corbett (those eyes!), and Shaw were all easy on the eyes here.
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| Jan 04, 2012 |  |
miller | 6 48% |
| Dec 23, 2011 | maul.77 | 90 93% |
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| Dec 23, 2011 |  |
renokunz | 82 57% |
| Nov 15, 2011 |  |
danozu | 95 97% |
| Oct 22, 2011 |  |
PeaceAnarchy | 91 95% |
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Fuller uses a seedy crime to launch into an exploration of identity and race relations. A Burlesque dancer, two cops and two artists take center stage, and while all five are initially presented as just that, the the plot that intertwines their personal and professional lives uncovers quite a bit about how they're perceived by others, how they perceive themselves, and the interplay between the two.
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| Oct 19, 2011 |  |
burmashave | 89 79% |
| Oct 08, 2011 |  |
avgcrtckr | 67 82% |
| Sep 21, 2011 | NRM03 | 37 7% |
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| Jun 14, 2011 |  |
indifferenti | 8 54% |
| May 27, 2011 |  |
IMDb-byvotes | 69 46% |
| May 16, 2011 |  |
joseywales | 76 76% |
| Apr 18, 2011 | tyoda | 92 94% |
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| Mar 29, 2011 | cosmic_bus | 70 57% |
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| Mar 19, 2011 | Coheed | 90 90% |
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A delightful surprise. It may be as subtle as a sledgehammer but Fuller creates a brisk crime mystery/drama which is willing to go from exploitation to a fascinating take on Japanese American culture within the space of a few minutes. James Shigeta steals the entire film as an exceptionally charming but thoughtful homicide detective, but everyone else is just as good.
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| Mar 03, 2011 | Zharradan | 75 33% |
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| Feb 10, 2011 |  |
The Goat | 60 42% |
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paulofilmo | 69 49% |
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Ericmss | 88 82% |
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macumbalove | 50 0% |
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CloseFriend | 86 85% |
| Nov 01, 2010 | ari | 87 92% |
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johnatanjj | 95 93% |
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lucbapt | 96 93% |
| Sep 17, 2010 |  |
winds | 6 75% |
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adrian | 60 72% |
| Sep 13, 2010 |  |
Leland | 99 94% |
| Aug 01, 2010 |  |
h.latafat | 70 23% |
| Jul 30, 2010 | gmeadows | 30 20% |
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| Jul 04, 2010 |  |
Tiago Vieira | 80 60% |
| Jul 03, 2010 |  |
MartinTeller | 75 55% |
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Part noir crime thriller, part love triangle, part racial issues movie. It handles all parts with some finesse, but it's the last that is the most striking. Fuller treats Japanese-Americans with a respect and dignity you don't see much of, even in today's films. Not a condescending stereotype in sight, even Asian music is incorporated into the score without a hint of caricature. The film has a good deal of style and makes excellent use of Los Angeles locations.
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| Jun 27, 2010 | daisytuna | 77 35% |
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| Jun 20, 2010 |  |
Pierrotmss | 90 76% |
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macedo | 80 53% |
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rottentomat | 100 97% |
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TreyAtwood | 68 35% |
| Apr 15, 2010 |  |
sdoles | 8 68% |
| Apr 13, 2010 | Mosina | 100 94% |
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| Mar 09, 2010 | Mechatigger | 71 50% |
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Fuller's crime melodrama deals bluntly with issues of racism and miscegenation. Graphic and fascinating, but not a major film.
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| Feb 27, 2010 |  |
ze_qualquer | 95 96% |
| Jan 21, 2010 |  |
coutinho | 90 93% |
| Jan 02, 2010 |  |
cinema_hell | 82 68% |
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LuizOliveira | 100 97% |
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bernardobrum | 92 91% |
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rafaelbastos | 100 99% |
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KungFuDolly | 6 45% |
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supergloo | 9 77% |
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imdb | 69 66% |
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filmaffinity | 65 63% |
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eliadorus | 10 92% |
| Jun 26, 2008 |  |
JooJoo | 5 80% |
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Hard to find, but worth the effort.
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| Feb 04, 2008 | MIR17 | 30 2% |
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Cliched noir, pretty boring.
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| Dec 04, 2007 | welike | 40 89% |
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| Jun 16, 2007 |  |
Stain | 80 68% |
| Jun 11, 2007 |  |
driscarpin | 82 72% |
| Average Percentile 62.62% from 166 Ratings |  |
