Tokyo Joe Blu-Ray (UK Import)

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Tokyo Joe Blu-Ray (UK Import)
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Original title: Tokyo Joe

Year: 1949
Country: USA
Region Code: B
Contents: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060697924398

Image: 1.37:1 (1080p)

HDR: -

Audio:
English - Original Mono

Subtitles: English SDH

Rating: U

Genre: Thriller

Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Alexander Knox

Director: Stuart Heisler


Synopsis:

Humphrey Bogart (The Harder They Fall) and John Derek (The Family Secret) star in Knock on Any Door, a hard-hitting amalgam of film noir, social commentary, and courtroom drama.

Nick Romano (Derek) is a young criminal whose motto is ‘live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse’. But, when Nick faces the death penalty for killing a police officer, hotshot lawyer Andrew Morton (Bogart) dHumphrey 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).

Extras:

• 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 celebrated filmmaker and critic
• A 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 Joe
• Second 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 feature
• The 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 its cultural and historical significance
• Jim Pines on ‘The Negro Soldier’ (2010, 41 mins): audio presentation by the author and lecturer, recorded following a screening of the film at London’s BFI Southbank
• Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
• New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing