A Hero of Tokyo

A Hero of Tokyo

1935 · 63 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu · Written by Masao Arata

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Mitsugu Fujii Kanichi Nemoto
Mitsuko Yoshikawa Haruko Nemoto
Yukichi Iwata Kaichi Nemoto
Michiko Kuwano Kayoko Nemoto
Kōji Mitsui Hideo Nemoto
Tomio Aoki Kanichi as a boy
Mitsuko Ichimura Kayoko as a girl
Jun Yokoyama Hideo as a boy
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