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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.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Stuart Heisler
- 1949-11
Synopsis. 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.
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.
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1949 war film Tokyo Joe, directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Humphrey Bogart. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers, and more on IMDb.
Tokyo Joe is a 1949 movie starring Humphrey Bogart as an American expatriate who returns to Japan after World War II and faces personal and professional challenges. The film features Florence Marly, Sessue Hayakawa, and a plot involving blackmail, judo, and Korea.
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Apr 24, 2018 · A film noir thriller set in postwar Japan, where Humphrey Bogart plays a former bar owner who gets involved in a plot to smuggle Japanese war criminals. The movie explores the political intrigue and moral dilemmas of the American occupation of Japan, with a twist of a hidden daughter and a double-cross.
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