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.
About A Hero of Tokyo (1935)
Released in 1935, A Hero of Tokyo is a drama film from Shochiku (Japan). It was directed by Hiroshi Shimizu and written by Masao Arata. The cast is led by Mitsugu Fujii, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Yukichi Iwata, Michiko Kuwano and Kōji Mitsui. With a runtime of 1h 3m, the film averages 7.0/10 across 2 TMDB ratings.
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