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Tokyo Joe is a film starring Humphrey Bogart as an ex-Air Force colonel who returns to postwar Japan and gets involved in a plot to smuggle war criminals. The film features footage shot in Japan and Sessue Hayakawa as a former Japanese secret police chief.
A former bar owner returns to Tokyo after World War II and gets involved in a spy plot involving his ex-wife and a Japanese gangster. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1949 film noir.
- (2.8K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Stuart Heisler
- 1949-11
Ken Eto, also known as Tokyo Joe, was a Japanese American who ran Asian gambling operations for the Chicago Outfit. He survived a murder attempt by two hitmen in 1983 and became an FBI informant, revealing the details of his crimes and the Outfit's activities.
Tokyo Joe is a 1949 film starring Humphrey Bogart as an American expatriate who returns to Japan after World War II and faces a dilemma of love and crime. The film has mixed reviews from critics and audiences, and is available for streaming or rent on various platforms.
- (21)
- Humphrey Bogart
- Stuart Heisler
- Drama
TOKYO JOE. Drama. 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.
A former American bar owner in Tokyo returns after World War II to reclaim his club and his wife, but gets involved in a dangerous scheme with a Japanese ex-spy. IMDb provides plot details, cast and crew information, user reviews, trivia, and more for this film.
An American veteran returns to Tokyo to try to pick up the threads of his pre-World War II life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.
