The Bamboo House of Dolls (1973)
Reviewed by: mpongpun on 2002-09-03
This flick was an early entry into the sleaze and women flicks by the Shaw Brothers. The flick takes place during World War II. The Japanese are mean bastards who come in and take over a clinic (full of women) after they finish off a "Gwei Lo" pilot over-the-top-fashion, they practically make all the females work-sex slaves and ship them off to a detention camp. All the Japanese get their rocks off on the female captives, including a wicked Lesbian (Terry Liu-Princess Dragon Mom in Infra Man ) who is dying for female flesh. But as you watch the film, the film starts to slip away from the trashy side of filmmaking with female bondage, breasts, sex, etc. and introduce a little story line. You see, one of the female captives actually knows a hidden place in the countryside filled with gold. A Chinese (Lo Lieh), raised in Japan, and thought of as a Japanese now, somehow goes back to his roots and is now working undercover for the Chinese. His job is to make contact with the female captive and recover the gold. Unfortunately, the Japanese find out about the secret and the gold, and decide to play along with the whole situation so they can get the gold themselves. The chase leading to the gold was exciting and will have you on the edge of your seat, but the ending will leave you slouched back in your seat.