Humphrey Bogart returns to Japan after the Second World War to the bar he once ran. There he meets his remarried wife. He also meets Japanese mafiosi who try to take advantage of his piloting skills to bring back war criminals to Japan.
Archival material shot in Japan with a stand-in for Humphrey Bogard makes us believe that it was shot in Japan. And the stunts with his character are badly dubbed: we can see the stuntman and that it is not Humphrey Bogard who shoots and does the judo shots. These technical defects indicate either a lack of precision of the director, or a lack of means of the production (the film is produced by the company of Humphrey Bogard). Probably both.
In the end, the film has some qualities: like this story about the immediate post-war period in Japan, a subject rarely discussed. Where Humphrey Bogart the American fraternized with a Japanese and communicates with him by doing judo holds. This is uncommon in American films. The lover, Florence Marly, a French actress, is a bit bland, even if she has a beautiful physique.
The film is not stunning, but remains a curiosity.
Archival material shot in Japan with a stand-in for Humphrey Bogard makes us believe that it was shot in Japan. And the stunts with his character are badly dubbed: we can see the stuntman and that it is not Humphrey Bogard who shoots and does the judo shots. These technical defects indicate either a lack of precision of the director, or a lack of means of the production (the film is produced by the company of Humphrey Bogard). Probably both.
In the end, the film has some qualities: like this story about the immediate post-war period in Japan, a subject rarely discussed. Where Humphrey Bogart the American fraternized with a Japanese and communicates with him by doing judo holds. This is uncommon in American films. The lover, Florence Marly, a French actress, is a bit bland, even if she has a beautiful physique.
The film is not stunning, but remains a curiosity.