Bamboo House of Dolls

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delysid d what a weird watch. its a 70s WIP type film made by shaw brothers in hong kong! in english too Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 05/17/20 Full Review Audience Member Running the gambit on genres the prolific Shaw Brothers recognized the growing popularity of films exploiting women in prison and churned out one of the sleazy subgenre's most referenced entries. Why "The Bamboo House of Dolls" holds that distinction is unapparent as the film rarely strays from the WIP formula popularized by director Jack Hill's Filipino jungle prison films starring Blaxploitation actress Pam Grier. What precious little plot there is (neither the credits nor reliable sources list a screenwriter) only serves to get the cast of undistinguished multi-national female inmates out of one lowbrow sequence and into the next. However exploitative as "The Bamboo House of Dolls" is it's hardly edgy -- even for the times -- and despite copious amounts of female nudity and a considerable amount of degradation, "The Bamboo House of Dolls" is relatively tame when stacked against its peers who would only grow more gratuitous in its wake. Subplots about guards conspiring with inmates and a prison mole secretly working against them and a cache of gold hidden in a mountain prove more titillating than a chintzy food fight, a botched escape attempt, bondage as punishment, and an instant wet t-shirt contest when the escaped inmates have no choice but trek through a waterfall. Was that really the intention? Cinematographer Yau Kei takes more pride in photographing a rustic female internment camp than perhaps most. In addition, there's a daring jailbreak with Lo Lieh driving a carload of petrified prisoners around in a beater that he uses a battering ram blurring the lines between anxiousness and unintentional comedy but overall "The Bamboo House of Dolls" is really for WIP enthusiasts only. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a fun piece of exploitation played out in China, a nice change of pace from the American made Women In Prison films. The version I watched suffered slightly from botched subtitling here and there, but it honestly might've added to the overall charm. Give it a peep if you're a fan of the '70s sleaze. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member "Bamboo House of Dolls" ou alors l'alliance entre le WIP et la Shaw Brothers dans un film qui fait l'équilibriste entre les deux mondes sans jamais trahir aucun ! Casting international, Lieh Lo, des scènes de tortures, lesbiennes, trahison et chasse à l'homme (à femme plutôt). Autre fait amusant, voir des actrices blanches doublé en mandarin, ça n'a pas de prix, mais bien que ce film soit particulièrement long, on n'est jamais en rade et on ne s'ennui pas devant un produit bien torché, avec de bonnes scènes propre aux genres dont une évasion spectaculaire en voiture où un personnage suspecté de trahison fait preuve d'un immense courage ! Si on m'avait dit que je verrais un WIP sauce Shaw Brothers, je n'y aurais pas cru une seconde, mais c'est ça l'avantage d'être curieux en matière de cinéma, on toujours sous le coup d'une bonne surprise, et ce film en est une ! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member what the hell got to do with golds? Anyway, nice flicks though.. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/16/23 Full Review Audience Member 地Qæ­»D女人! It serves u right! Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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