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Tokyo Joe is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Humphrey Bogart. This was Heisler's first of two features starring Bogart, the other was Chain Lightning that also wrapped in 1949 but was held up in release until 1950.
Tokyo Joe: Directed by Stuart Heisler. With Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa. An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
Joe Barrett arrives in Tokyo after the war, intending to re-open his club, Tokyo Joe's. Although it is illegal to operate a gambling club in American-occupied Japan, Joe makes a trip to the off-limits club, which is currently managed by his Japanese partner, Ito.
In the wake of Japan's surrender, American expatriate Joseph Barrett (Humphrey Bogart) hopes to revive the Tokyo club he ran before he left to fight in World War II.
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Apr 24, 2018 · Tokyo Joe combines three of my favorite things: film noir, a historical setting, and political intrigue. It’s a criminally underrated movie and while it's not Humphrey Bogart’s best, it still deserves to be rediscovered by audiences. Tokyo Joe was released and set in then-present day 1949.
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe into piloting war criminals by revealing that during the war Trina made treasonous propaganda broadcasts.
Tokyo Joe. Joe Barrett (Humphrey Bogart) believes his wife died in a Japanese concentration camp. When he returns to Japan, he discovers she is alive and married to a lawyer. Bogart tracks her down and discovers she is raising their 7-year-old daughter.
Tokyo Joe. Available on Tubi TV, iTunes. Academy Award® winner Humphrey Bogart (1951 Best Actor, The African Queen) stars as a World War II Air Corps hero whose decision to confront his past hurls him into a corrupt world in the dramatic Tokyo Joe.
The storyline follows a man named Joe, who owned a bar in Tokyo during WWII that he deserted and returns to pick up the pieces some years later. His wife and child are still there, and he quickly discovers his wife had her own part to play in the war.
TOKYO JOE. Academy Award® winner Humphrey Bogart (1951 Best Actor, The African Queen) stars as a World War II Air Corps hero whose decision to confront his past hurls him into a corrupt world in the dramatic TOKYO JOE.
