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Tokyo Rose

NR

1946

69 minutes

WarAdventure

Overview

Lotus Long plays the title role, an American-educated Japanese woman broadcasting enemy propaganda to American troops. Captured GI Pete Sherman is one of a group of POWS slated to be interviewed on Tokyo Rose's radio program. Instead of advising his comrades to surrender (as ordered), Sherman uses his innate Yankee knowhow to hoist the treacherous deejay on her own petard. Managing to make his escape, Sherman hooks up with the Japanese Underground, convincing anti-militarist Charlie Otani to aid in a kidnapping plot aimed at Tokyo Rose.

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Top Cast

Byron Barr headshot

Byron Barr

Pete Sherman

Osa Massen headshot

Osa Massen

Greta Norburg

Donald Douglas headshot

Donald Douglas

Timothy O'Brien

Richard Loo headshot

Richard Loo

Colonel Suzuki

Keye Luke headshot

Keye Luke

Charlie Otani

Blake Edwards headshot

Blake Edwards

Joe Bridger

Lotus Long headshot

Lotus Long

Tokyo Rose

Grace Lem headshot

Grace Lem

Soon Hee

Leslie Fong headshot

Leslie Fong

Wong Chu

H.T. Tsiang headshot

H.T. Tsiang

Chang Yu

Larry Young headshot

Larry Young

Jack Martin

William Challee headshot

William Challee

Mike Kovac

Chris Drake headshot

Chris Drake

Frank

James Millican headshot

James Millican

Pvt. Al Wilson

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Albert Ruiz

Mel