First Yank into Tokyo

First Yank into Tokyo is a 1945 United States war film it takes place during World War II. It was directed by Gordon Douglas.

Both Abby and Rosss former college roommate, the treacherous Hideko Okanura, are now at the same prison camp where Jardine is being held. Abby Barbara Hale, does not recognize Steve but senses something strange about the new Japanese soldier from Korea. She detects something about him that makes him different from all the other Japanese who are uniformly portrayed as crazed sadists who, when not busy committing war crimes and stealing, drink themselves into a stupor and then give free rein to their insatiable lust for American women.Okanura Richard Loo is a colonel in the Japanese army who attended American universities to steal industrial secrets and plan sabotage, and was Rosss roommate at the time. He detects something strangely familiar about his new NCO. In addition to committing acts of savagery, Okanura enjoys driving his subordinates to suicide and leering at Abby. When he sees a dog chase Major Ross across the prison yard, Okanura he remembers where he last saw such superb open field running, recalling a college football game where Steve Ross excelled. Okanura also recalls that his American roommate displayed a nervous thumb gesture identical to the one seen in the mysterious new NCO. ........

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