A Hero of Tokyo - Cast

A Hero of Tokyo (1935)
63 min | Drama

A Hero of Tokyo (1935)

63 min | Drama

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 ...See moreThe 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. See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Mitsugu Fujii Kanichi Nemoto Kanichi Nemoto See fewer	Kinkanshoku (1934)
Mitsuko Yoshikawa Haruko Nemoto Haruko Nemoto See fewer	Record of a Tenement Gentleman (1947)
Yûkichi Iwata Kaichi Nemoto Kaichi Nemoto See fewer	Tonari no Yae-chan (1934)
Michiko Kuwano Kayoko Nemoto Kayoko Nemoto See fewer	Hotaru no hikari (1938)
Kôji Mitsui Hideo Nemoto Hideo Nemoto See fewer	The Lower Depths (1957)
Tomio Aoki Kanichi as a boy Kanichi as a boy See fewer	Not Forgotten (2000)
Mitsuko Ichimura Kayoko as a girl Kayoko as a girl See fewer	A Woman Crying in Spring (1933)
Jun Yokoyama Hideo as a boy Hideo as a boy See fewer	Kitsune (1939)