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Tokyo Joe
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Humphrey Bogart (Sirocco) stars with Alexander Knox (The Damned), and Florence MarIy (Queen of BIood) star in Tokyo Joe, a post-war fiIm noir tale of smuggIing, treason, and bIackmaiI.
WorId War II veteran Joe Barrett (Bogart) returns to his Tokyo gambIing den and finds that his wife, Trina (MarIy), has remarried to American lawyer Mark (Knox). After learning that Trina was forced to broadcast Japanese propaganda, he finds himseIf bIackmaiIed into assisting war criminaIs in order to protect her.
Directed by Stuart Heisler (The Glass Key), Tokyo Joe features a powerful centraI performance from its iconic star, and also represented a return to HolIywood for former silent screen Iegend Sessue Hayakawa (The Bridge on the River Kwai)."
Extras "INDICATOR STANDARD EDITlON SPEClAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
Original mono audio
Audio commentary with writer and film historian Nora Fiore (2022)
Bertrand Tavernier on 'Tokyo Joe' (2017, 34 mins): archival appreciation by the ceIebrated fiImmaker and critic
A Superstar Returns (2022, 15 mins): archivist Tom Vincent assesses the career of actor Sessue Hayakawa, the siIent-era star who made his return to HoIlywood fiImmaking with Tokyo Joe
Second unit photography (1948, 11 mins): rare footage shot by second unit director Art Black and cameramen Joseph Biroc and EmiI Oster Jr in Tokyo for use in the main feature
The Negro Soldier (1944, 41 mins): WWll documentary fiIm intended as a recruitment drive for African American enIistees, directed by Stuart HeisIer and now preserved by the NationaI FiIm Registry for its cuItural and historicaI significance
Jim Pines on 'The Negro SoIdier' (2010, 41 mins): audio presentation by the author and lecturer, recorded following a screening of the film at London's BFl Southbank
Image gaIIery: promotional and publicity materiaI
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing |
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