A Hero of Tokyo

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Mitsugu Fujii

Kanichi Nemoto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 1%

Mitsuko Yoshikawa

Haruko Nemoto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Yukichi Iwata

Kaichi Nemoto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Michiko Kuwano

Kayoko Nemoto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Kōji Mitsui

Hideo Nemoto

Age : N/A | Popularity : 41%

Tomio Aoki

Kanichi as a boy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 26%

Mitsuko Ichimura

Kayoko as a girl

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Jun Yokoyama

Hideo as a boy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Hiroshi Shimizu
Art	Art Direction	Yonekazu Wakita
Camera	Director of Photography	Hiroshi Nomura
Writing	Screenplay	Masao Arata
Department	Role	Name

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