A Hero of TokyoMovie
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
A Hero of Tokyo is a 1935 drama movie directed by Hiroshi Shimizu.
The production information lists a runtime of 1h 3m, production credits from Japan, an original language code of JA.
The credited cast includes Mitsugu Fujii, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Yukichi Iwata, Michiko Kuwano. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
