A Hero of Tokyo 1935
A Hero of Tokyo
The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is a widow with a son and daughter of her own. However, Nemoto’s business turns out to be out a shady scam, and he disappears, leaving his wife to raise the three children alone. In order to support the family, she is obliged to become a bar hostess. She conceals this shameful employment from the children, but the truth comes out years later, after her daughter is rejected by her husband’s family when they investigate her background.
The story focuses on the widower Nemoto, ostensibly a businessman, who has one son, Kanichi, the hero of the title. Nemoto remarries; his new wife is a widow with a son and daughter of her own. However, Nemoto’s business turns out to be out a shady scam, and he disappears, leaving his wife to raise the three children alone. In order to support the family, she is obliged to become a bar hostess. She conceals this shameful employment from the children, but the truth comes out years later, after her daughter is rejected by her husband’s family when they investigate her background.
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Full Cast & Crew... Kanichi Nemoto
... Haruko Nemoto
... Kaichi Nemoto
... Kayoko Nemoto
... Hideo Nemoto
... Kanichi as a boy
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Release Date:
Mar 07, 1935 (Japan)
Run Time:
1hr 3`
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Original Language:
Japanese
Production Countries:
Japan
Status:
Released
Cast & Crew of
A Hero of Tokyo - A Hero of Tokyo
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Kanichi Nemoto
... Haruko Nemoto
... Kaichi Nemoto
... Kayoko Nemoto
... Hideo Nemoto
... Kanichi as a boy
... Kayoko as a girl
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Jun Yokoyama... Hideo as a boy