21 August 2007
"Tokyo Joe" Humphrey Bogart in Japan
The film was shot in late 1940's Japan which was occcupied by U.S. led allied forces. Humphrey Bogart was starred in this film as Joe, who came back to Japan after the war. Before the war Joe managed a club in Ginza, which is Tokyo's most famous shopping and entertainment district like 5th Avenue in NY. The story was like post-war version of "Casablanca." The plot is very similar. Joe re-encountered his past lover in Tokyo, but she was already married to another man. First he was jealous of her but later he tried to help her out. I was really surprised. "Casablanca" was war...