A Hero of Tokyo

Summary 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. View more details

A Hero of Tokyo

Directed : Hiroshi Shimizu

Written : Unknown

Stars : Mitsugu Fujii Mitsuko Yoshikawa Michiko Kuwano Yûkichi Iwata

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Genres : Drama

Release date : Mar 6, 1935

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)

Summary 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. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Mar 6, 1935

Countries of origin : Japan

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Shochiku Kinema (Kamata)

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