
Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe into piloting war criminals by revealing that during the war Trina made treasonous propaganda broadcasts.... (Full plot summary below)
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Joe Barrett returns to Tokyo after World War II where he once owned a bar, Tokyo Joe's, and deserted his wife Trina. They have a seven-year-old daughter. Kimura forces Joe into piloting war criminals by revealing that during the war Trina made treasonous propaganda broadcasts.
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzNot much to take away from this world-weary melodrama except for a lot of gloom. |
| Sarasota Herald-TribuneChristopher LloydIn an era when Hollywood loved cut-and-dry endings, Tokyo Joe is notable for the way Humphrey Bogart's character never steps fully into the light, or out of it. |
| User ReviewPaul DBogie can always be counted on to bring these types of charaters across fantastically. Run-down by life, cheated, desperate, etc. You'd think it would get old seeing him play these characters all the time but it doesn't. this is a great example of how he always keeps it fresh. |
| User ReviewAnna NMinor Bogart that lacks that snappy dialogue that a lot of his films have. Bogart does make this worth watching. |
| User ReviewWill DThis movie was alright; was probably tired while watching it. It's Casablanca in Tokyo in a way. Kinda tedious, but theres some moments that are kinda worth watching. If you wanna hear Bogart talk Japanese, this movie's for you. |
| User ReviewJames HNot one of the great classics, but Bogart is always worth watching. Good dialogue. The romance scenes are a bit hokey, but as a thriller it is good. Sessue Hayakawa is excellent Good score. |
| User Reviewbernard aa decent drama about a guy (bogart) who tries to return to tokyo where he lived before WW 2 only to find trouble and intrigue. |
| User ReviewAshley HDefinitely one of the lesser Humphrey Bogart movies, this one has a strong beginning and end, but the middle gets boring and causes the movie to drag. I enjoyed the scenes with Bogart and Lora Lee Michel, who plays his daughter. Bogart's performance is very good, but the story didn't interest me until the last 20 minutes or so of the movie. I would only recommend Tokyo Joe to fans of Bogart. |
| User ReviewAndré DSome parts very well done for the time, but ultimately can't get past it's own cheesiness and falls extremely short at it's ending. |
| User ReviewThe SIncredibly tiresome snoozefest has Bogart star as a former Colonel who returns to Japan after the war to reclaim his bar and discovers the wife he thought was dead is alive and remarried. He decides to try and win her back despite the fact they have absolutely no chemistry together and she has given him a very annoying young daughter. Tokyo Joe gets involved with Japanese bad guys and war criminals when they threaten to blackmail his ex. This misfire was produced by Bogart's own company and was one of the first US films to be produced in postwar Japan. But only Bogart's double in a trenchcoat and hat walks the streets of Tokyo as Bogie stays behind at the Columbia lot. You notice Bogart looks pretty cool in the pictire in his flight jacket, but this is another movie where he wears a bow tie, which to me is always the telltale sign of a bad Bogart movie. |