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Don't you just love all the yellow face makeup?


I thought the late actor, Tony Randall in his garish wise old oriental sage makeup took the cake, but this rare, Hammer Films entry exceeds all expectations. Almost all the speaking actors are British in heavy Asian makeup including the fake eyelids. I'm not offended at all. This is hilarious.

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I felt it was a case of Anglos unconvincingly portraying Asians, and it made the film less enjoyable.

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Check out the other Hammer production THE CAMP ON BLOOD ISLAND. It has English actors playing Japanese in that one.

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It's so over the top that it's hard to take offense at it.

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Good attitude. Getting upset over a movie made half a century ago is a waste of time.

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