Asian Film Fest Dallas plans free screening of 'The Crimson Kimono'!

Thanks to the Magnolia and the Asian Film Fest Dallas folks, you'll have a chance to see the Sam Fuller noir classic, The Red Kimono, on the big screen this Tues., June 24, 2008 at 7 p.m.

Here's the good part: it's free! Just pick up your ticket(s) at the Magnolia box office on the day of the screening.

Since this film is hard to find on DVD - and even harder to find playing anywhere on a big screen - this Turner Classic Movies digitally-projected simulcast presents a rare opportunity.

The film follows a pair of hardboiled LAPD dicks (as in, "detectives") as they investigate the shooting of a stripper in the Japanese quarter of the city. A romance develops between Detective Joe Kojaku (James Shigeta) and Christine Downs (Victoria Shaw), a key witness.

Unlike other questionable Hollywood casting selections, Shigeta was an actual Asian-American, born in Hawaii. When he kissed actress Shaw on-screen, it represented a shocking breach of racially-based popular entertainment norms. The film has often been shown on late-night television with the kissing scene edited out.

Robert Osborne - as usual - will introduce the film for TCM, this time in tandem with special guest programmer Peter X. Feng, assoc. prof. of film, ethnic and cultural studies at the Univ. of Delaware.

Not to be missed.

http://www.pegasusnews.com/news/2008/jun/23/asian-film-fest-dallas-free-screening-crimson-kimo/

The Crimson Kimono (1959)

Two detectives clash over the hunt for a stripper's killer in Los Angeles' Japanese district.

Will be shown on TCM on Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
@ 5:00pm (PT) Arizona Time!