Bamboo House of Dolls (1974)

This over the top Shaw Brothers Women in Prison film tells the story of a ruthless band of Japanese soldiers and their lesbian Wardress who go up against a group of imprisoned Chinese girls and American nurses. There are numerous cat fights, shower scenes, beatings and jungle chases that make this one a must to see.

A Women In Prison film from director Kuei Chih-hung, Bamboo House Of Dolls takes its cues from the entries in this sub genre that came before it but does the 'chicks in chains' thing with a decidedly Hong Kong slant to it.
Instead of nasty Nazis, this time around the culprits are the Japanese (a very common antagonist in Chinese cinema of this era), whose soldiers run a concentration camp for Chinese women during the second world war.

Most of the WIP clichés are ripe in this film - a group of lecherous and sadistic male captors who are easily outsmarted by the female prisoners; a lesbian officer who isn't afraid to have her way with any of the prisoners, and of course, plenty of beautiful female inmates who are always on the receiving end of some cruel and unusual punishment which usually winds up with them naked and beaten.

All manner of cruelty and torture is on display here and Bamboo House Of Dolls stands on it's own against the better known Italian WIP films. Prisoners are whipped until death, raped, beaten, and degraded consistently throughout the film. In one scene an officer corners a girl and after humiliating her, throws shards of broken glass at her until she begins to cry, and then he rapes her. Another scene finds a group of prisoners tied to stakes in the ground under the beating sun, deprived of water, kicked, and left there to bake.

Lovely Danish blonde Birte Tove (who would later play a nurse in Lars Von Tier's The Kingdom) stands out in the cast of both Asian and Caucasian women held captive as Jennifer. Her performance, like most of the other ladies, is sympathetic and reasonably believable.

Kuei Chih-hung's direction is slick and professional looking. The camera movements are usually quite graceful and fluid and the sets show that there was quite a bit of attention paid to detail. The sex scenes are filmed with usually a slightly comic slant to them, while the torture and action sequences have a much harsher feel to them that makes them more effective than the might have otherwise turned out.

Euro-Cult enthusiasts will notice some familiar theme music playing overtop of the opening credits lifted from one of Ennio Morricone's more recognizable scores.

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Also Known As (AKA):
- Bamboo House of Dolls - Hong Kong (English title)
- Bamboo Women's Prison - Europe (English title)
- Camps d'amour pour chiens jaunes - France
- Das Bambuscamp der gequälten Frauen - West Germany
- Kvindefængslet i bambushelvedet - Denmark (DVD title)
- O Dragão de Ouro - Portugal (original subtitled version)
- Orgia se stratopedo gynaikon - Greece
- Storia segreta di un lager femminile - Italy









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