A Hero of Tokyo

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 7, 1935

Original language

Japanese

Spoken languages

Japanese

Countries

Japan

Production

Shochiku

Cast

Michiko Kuwano,Mitsuko Yoshikawa,Kōji Mitsui,Tomio Aoki,Mitsuko Ichimura,Yukichi Iwata,Mitsugu Fujii,Jun Yokoyama

Director

Hiroshi Shimizu

Writer

Masao Arata

Cinematography

Hiroshi Nomura

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0160992