Tokyo After Dark (1959)
The drama in this fact-based tale about the killing of a young Japanese man is undermined by trite characters and a transparent storyline. There is no doubt that American GI Sgt. Douglas (Richard Long) killed the youth with his own gun. The dispute lies in whether the gun discharged accidentally, as he claims, and in whether he should be tried by Japanese civil law instead of an American military court. Sgt. Douglas is portrayed as a good guy, in love with a Japanese woman and appreciative of Japanese life and culture. His dilemma is made all the worse by some ill-advised plans he concocts to determine how he should be tried. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Michi Kobi, Richard Long, (more)
- Director(s):
- Norman T. Herman
Synopsis of Tokyo After Dark
The drama in this fact-based tale about the killing of a young Japanese man is undermined by trite characters and a transparent storyline. There is no doubt that American GI Sgt. Douglas (Richard Long) killed the youth with his own gun. The dispute lies in whether the gun discharged accidentally, as he claims, and in whether he should be tried by Japanese civil law instead of an American military court. Sgt. Douglas is portrayed as a good guy, in love with a Japanese woman and appreciative of Japanese life and culture. His dilemma is made all the worse by some ill-advised plans he concocts to determine how he should be tried. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Tokyo After Dark
- Michi Kobi - Sumi
- Lawrence Dobkin - Maj. Bradley
- Teru Shimada - Sen-Sei
- Carlyle Mitchell - Mr. Johnson
- John Brinkley - 2nd GI
- Jerry Adler - Sgt. Williams
- Richard Long - Sgt. Robert Douglas
- Paul Dubov - Jesse Bronson
- Robert Okazaki - Store Proprietor
- Frank Kumagai - Nakamura
- Lowell Brown - 1st GI
- Nobu McCarthy
- Director(s):
- Norman T. Herman
- Writer(s):
- Marvin Segal, Norman T. Herman
- Producer(s):
- Marvin Segal, Norman T. Herman
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