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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543446422
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Restored, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 10, 2007
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 36083
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1957
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Description:
Robert Wagner and Joan Collins co-star in this spy mystery set in Japan. A loving look at Tokyo and the surrounding countryside.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Not Quite Bond, But Still A Good One
Since the whole plot of this movie hangs on the unraveling of a secret plan, I won't spoil things for any prospective viewer by revealing the details of the story. In short, though, I could describe STOPOVER TOKYO by saying that it has the feel of an early James Bond film and plays out like an episode of Hawaii Five-O, with a few plot elements from the Elvis movie IT HAPPENED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR thrown in!
To be honest, this 50's-era spy yarn may be a bit too low-key for someone expecting a heavy dose of action, but I found it quite entertaining. Robert Wagner and Joan Collins, both very young and very good looking, do quite well in the lead roles. Add to that some beautiful Japanese locales and a nice mix of drama and suspense, and you've got yourself an interesting adventure.
If you're looking for a secret agent film without an overload of violence and special effects, STOPOVER TOKYO is definitely worth checking out.
Rating:  - A trip to post-World War II Japan
Robert Wagner as an American secret agent, Joan Collins is eye candy, Edmond O'Brien as an assassination conspirator and Ken Scott as another Intelligence agent but somewhat dubious. Litte Reiko Oyama is winning as the orphaned girl. It is wonderful to see Japan of 50 years ago - beautiful, intriguing, traditional. I wish more
movies such "A Girl Named Tamiko" were released on DVD sooner instead of later.
We cannot look at American-Japanese relations through 2007 eyes; the circumstances were vastly different.
This movie was set in a Japan after we defeated the Japanese in World War II, when the USA still had a high commissioner helping to govern a country new to western democracy, when there may have been factions willing to undermine stability.
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