Tokyo Joe (1949)

Plot: An American returns to Tokyo try to pick up threads of his pre-WW2 life there, but finds himself squeezed between criminals and the authorities.

Dull, mediocre Film Noir set in Tokyo (filmed on Columbia Studio's Backlot) that squanders the interesting premise of Bogie doing 'Casablanca'  in Tokyo. Bogie is OK and Sessue Hayakawa is a superb villain, but otherwise its too slow Joe in Tokyo. Produced by Bogart's Santana production company, he later called the film "worthless". Rating **