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Secret Agent of Japan (1942)

Secret Agent of Japan poster
Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genre
spy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 12m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American agent works to stop Japanese spies in the months after Pearl Harbor. The film shows the dangers of espionage and the fight to protect the country.

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What happens

Secret Agent of Japan is a 1942 film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Preston Foster. It was the first American anti-Japanese war film produced by a major studio after the attack on Pearl Harbor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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