Humphrey bogart sirocco stars with alexander knox the damned , and florence marly queen of blood star in tokyo joe, a post-war film noir tale of smuggling, treason, and blackmail.World war ii veteran joe barrett bogart returns to his tokyo gambling den and finds that his wife, trina marly , has remarried to american lawyer mark knox . After learning that trina was forced to broadcast japanese propaganda, he finds himself blackmailed into assisting war criminals in order to protect her.Directed by stuart heisler the glass key , tokyo joe features a powerful central performance from its iconic star, and also represented a return to hollywood for former silent screen legend sessue hayakawa the bridge on the river kwai .High definition remasteroriginal mono audioaudio commentary with writer and film historian nora fiore 2022 bertrand tavernier on 'tokyo joe' 2017, 34 mins : archival appreciation by the celebrated filmmaker and critica superstar returns 2022, 15 mins : archivist tom vincent assesses the career of actor sessue hayakawa, the silent-era star who made his return to hollywood filmmaking with tokyo joesecond unit photography 1948, 11 mins : rare footage shot by second unit director art black and cameramen joseph biroc and emil oster jr in tokyo for use in the main featurethe negro soldier 1944, 41 mins : wwii documentary film intended as a recruitment drive for african american enlistees, directed by stuart heisler and now preserved by the national film registry for...
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