A Hero of Tokyo (1935)

ALL 03/07/1935 (ja) Drama 63 Min
  • Release
    03/07/1935
  • Production
    Shochiku
  • Rotten tomato
    50%
  • Original title
    東京の英雄
  • Original language
    ja
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Hiroshi Shimizu

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Mitsugu Fujii

    Kanichi Nemoto

  2. Mitsuko Yoshikawa

    Haruko Nemoto

  3. Yukichi Iwata

    Kaichi Nemoto

  4. Michiko Kuwano

    Kayoko Nemoto

  5. Kōji Mitsui

    Hideo Nemoto

  6. Tomio Aoki

    Kanichi as a boy

  7. Mitsuko Ichimura

    Kayoko as a girl

  8. Jun Yokoyama

    Hideo as a boy

  9. Jun Yokoyama

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 9 , Crews : 4

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A Hero of Tokyo (1935) 63 Min

ALL 03/07/1935 (ja)
Drama
  • Release 03/07/1935
  • Production
    Shochiku
  • Original title 東京の英雄
  • ja
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Hiroshi Shimizu

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer