Release Date

07 Mar, 1935

Runtime

01:03: (HH:MM)

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.

Original Title

東京の英雄

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Actors

藤井貢

吉川満子

岩田祐吉

桑野通子

三井弘次

青木富夫

市村美津子

横山準

横山準

Crew

清水宏

Hiroshi Nomura

Yonekazu Wakita

Masao Arata