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The film is essentially about two cops, friends and Korean War veterans, Detective Joe Kojaku (James Shigeta) and Detective Sgt. Charlie Bancroft (Glenn Corbett), who attempt to solve the murder of a local entertainer. A love triangle soon develops between a key witness, Christine Downes (Victoria Shaw), and the two principal leads.
James Shigeta as Detective Joe Kojaku
Glenn Corbett as Detective Sgt. Charlie Bancroft
Victoria Shaw as Christine Downes
"What makes The Crimson Kimono such a landmark film is that one detective is white, the other Japanese-American. The white woman they both love falls for the Japanese-American's luscious solo piano skills and sensitivity, but he is no effeminate Oriental. In his first film, James Shigeta is electric; look at that sideways grin he shoots as he leans sexily on an office chair, or the way his fingers stroke Victoria Shaw's back as they embrace. He's a hard-boiled talker in a luscious Fuller noir. He's funny without being the joke. The Crimson Kimono proves just how embarrassed Hollywood ought to feel that in the 47 years since the film's release, no studio has made a mainstream film about Asian male sexuality as intelligent and provocative as this." - Scalisto
