Tokyo File 212 (1951)

Directed by

Dorrell McGowan

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

An American intelligence agent goes to Japan to track down a suspected communist. He operates in a tense atmosphere of postwar espionage and local intrigue.

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What happens

Tokyo File 212 (Japanese: 東京ファイル212) is a 1951 Japanese-American coproduction spy film directed by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan. George Breakston wrote the film's script and coproduced it with Dorrell McGowan jointly under the banner of their newly formed Breakston–McGowan Productions and the Tonichi Enterprises Company of Japan. Lawyer Melvin Belli serves as executive producer for the film and composer Albert Glasser provided the musical score. The film stars Florence Marly, Robert Peyton, Tetsu Nakamura, Katsuhiko Haida, Reiko Otani, Tatsuo Saitō and Heihachirô Ôkawa. Real-life geisha Ichimaru appear in a song sequence. The plot concerns an American intelligence agent (Peyton) sent to Japan to pursue a suspected communist (Haida). Principal photography began on July 21, 1950 in Japan and was completed in 36 days, making it Hollywood's first feature film to be shot entirely in Japan. RKO Pictures distributed the film in the U.S. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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