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Little Tokyo, U.S.A. is a 1942 American film. Produced in the period just after the United States entered World War II, it was meant to alert Americans to the dangers of foreign agents. It is now controversial for its largely negative portrayal of Japanese-Americans.
Little Tokyo, U.S.A.: Directed by Otto Brower. With Preston Foster, Brenda Joyce, Harold Huber, Donald Douglas. On 1 November 1941, American-born Japanese businessman Ito Takimura meets with Japanese spies in Tokyo.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Otto Brower
- 1942-07-08
On 1 November 1941, American-born Japanese businessman Ito Takimura meets with Japanese spies in Tokyo. Takimura is welcomed into the Black Dragon Society and urged to use his importing business as a front for gaining information about Pacific Coast industries and defense plans.
- Otto Brower, Sam Schneider
- Preston Foster
Los Angeles cop Preston Foster suspects that there's dirty work afoot in the city's Japanese community, but no one will believe him except for intrepid girl reporter Brenda Joyce. When the spies frame Foster on a trumped-up murder charge, Joyce does a little detective work herself.
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Jan 12, 2018 · Notorious 1942 Hollywood movie that depicts Japanese American leaders in Los Angeles as being part of a Japanese spy ring and that actively advocates the expulsion and incarceration of Japanese Americans using actual documentary footage.
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