A Hero of Tokyo (東京の英雄) 89 years old

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.

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A Hero of Tokyo Cast

Name Character
Mitsugu Fujii He was 25, 70 years old when he died as Kanichi Nemoto
Koji Mitsui was 38, 5 years old when died as Hideo Nemoto
Tomio Aoki He was 11, 80 years old when he died as Kanichi as a boy
Yukichi Iwata as Kaichi Nemoto
Mitsuko Yoshikawa She was 33, 90 years old when she died as Haruko Nemoto
Mitsuko Ichimura She was 8, now 98 years old as Kayoko as a girl
Jun Yokoyama He was 7, now 96 years old as Hideo as a boy
Michiko Kuwano She was 20, 31 years old when she died as Kayoko Nemoto

A Hero of Tokyo Crew

Name Department
Hiroshi Shimizu as Director. He was 31 (63) years old when He died Directing
A Hero of Tokyo poster
A Hero of Tokyo (89 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, March 07, 1935
  • Runtime: 63 minutes