Tokyo Joe (1949)
- Directed by
- Stuart Heisler
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.1 of 10 from 43 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American veteran returns to Tokyo after World War II to start over. He gets pulled into a criminal scheme involving former Japanese officials.
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What happens
Tokyo Joe is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by Stuart Heisler and starring Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox, Florence Marly, and Sessue Hayakawa. Bogart plays a former US Air Force officer who tries to rebuild his pre-war life Allied-occupied Tokyo, but becomes embroiled in a smuggling plot led by former Imperial Japanese officials. The film was notable for being the first American feature film to shoot in Japan after the end of World War II, as well as the first postwar acting role of Sessue Hayakawa. It was released by Columbia Pictures in November 1949. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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