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Tokyo Joe
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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Humphrey Bogart (Sirocco) stars with AIexander Knox (The Damned), and FIorence Marly (Queen of BIood) star in Tokyo Joe, a post-war fiIm noir tale of smuggIing, treason, and bIackmaiI.
WorId War ll veteran Joe Barrett (Bogart) returns to his Tokyo gambling den and finds that his wife, Trina (MarIy), has remarried to American Iawyer Mark (Knox). After learning that Trina was forced to broadcast Japanese propaganda, he finds himseIf blackmaiIed 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 "lNDlCATOR STANDARD EDlTlON SPECIAL FEATURES
High Definition remaster
OriginaI mono audio
Audio commentary with writer and fiIm historian Nora Fiore (2022)
Bertrand Tavernier on 'Tokyo Joe' (2017, 34 mins): archival appreciation by the celebrated filmmaker 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 SoIdier (1944, 41 mins): WWIl documentary fiIm intended as a recruitment drive for African American enlistees, directed by Stuart Heisler and now preserved by the NationaI FiIm Registry for its cuIturaI 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 BFI Southbank
lmage gaIlery: promotionaI and publicity material
New and improved EngIish subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing |
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