Tokyo Joe (2004)
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Director:Stuart Heisler
Studio:Sony Pictures
Writer:Walter Doniger
Rating:3.5 (12 votes)
Date Added:2010-02-17
ASIN:B000127Z5U
UPC:9780767869805
Genre:Action & Adventure
Release:2004-02-10
Location:0838
Duration:88
Aspect Ratio:1.33:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Languages:English
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Georgian, Chinese, Thai
Features:Black and White
Stuart Heisler  ...  (Director)
Walter Doniger  ...  (Writer)
 
Humphrey Bogart  ...  
Alexander Knox  ...  
Florence Marly  ...  
Sessue Hayakawa  ...  
Jerome Courtland  ...  
Charles Lawton Jr.  ...  Cinematographer
Summary: It's hard to imagine nowadays that someone so innately bitter and cynical as Humphrey Bogart could be a major movie star--but he was, and the movies were richer for it. In "Tokyo Joe", Bogart plays an Air Force colonel who returns to Tokyo after World War II to reclaim a nightclub he'd had to abandon. When he discovers that his former lover, a Russian refugee, is still alive and now married, he sets out to win her back--but in the process gets drawn into a fraudulent air freight scheme that may endanger the stability of post-war Japan, as well as a child he never knew he had. "Tokyo Joe" isn't a classic, but when the camera catches the lightning in Bogart's eyes or his calm voice twists into a snarl, it's a powerful jolt. His dark persona makes his virtuous acts all the more compelling. "--Bret Fetzer"