This is Bogart film number six for me. Three times he was the antagonist and three times he was the protagonist. Even when he's the protagonist he also tends to be a chauvinist. In "Tokyo Joe" he wasn't alone with his chauvinism, he shared it with another character. Here's some dialog:
Joe Barrett (Humphrey Bogart): "Just one thing. I'm taking her back."
Mark Landis (Alexander Knox): "Trina, if you don't mind I'd like to talk to Mr. Barrett alone."
Trina Landis (Florence Marly): "But I have a right to hear anything that's said."
Mark: "Trina. Please do as I say."
(Trina exits.)
Mark: "Aren't you missing the point? Trina is happy now as things are with me."
Joe: "That's a lotta detail. The most important thing hasn't even been mentioned."
Mark: "What's that?"
Joe: "She belongs to me and she knows it."
They go on discussing Trina's fate in her absence as though she was property.
Let me back up though. Joe Barrett was back in Japan to restart his casino business called Tokyo Joe. He found that things were a lot different in post-war Japan. He thought Trina was dead until he was informed by his ex-business partner, Ito (Teru Shimada), that she was very much alive. That led Joe to go to her new residence where he found she'd remarried, which led to the conversation above.
Joe now wanted to stay in Japan to win his woman back, but he was there on a 60 day visa. If he could land some work, he'd be able to stay a lot longer, but there was a lot of red tape to go through in order to do that. When he got through the red tape he found himself hooked up with a big time criminal named Baron Kimura (Sessue Hayakawa). Joe was in a tight spot with the U. S. military on one side and Baron Kimura on the other.
Joe Barrett (Humphrey Bogart): "Just one thing. I'm taking her back."
Mark Landis (Alexander Knox): "Trina, if you don't mind I'd like to talk to Mr. Barrett alone."
Trina Landis (Florence Marly): "But I have a right to hear anything that's said."
Mark: "Trina. Please do as I say."
(Trina exits.)
Mark: "Aren't you missing the point? Trina is happy now as things are with me."
Joe: "That's a lotta detail. The most important thing hasn't even been mentioned."
Mark: "What's that?"
Joe: "She belongs to me and she knows it."
They go on discussing Trina's fate in her absence as though she was property.
Let me back up though. Joe Barrett was back in Japan to restart his casino business called Tokyo Joe. He found that things were a lot different in post-war Japan. He thought Trina was dead until he was informed by his ex-business partner, Ito (Teru Shimada), that she was very much alive. That led Joe to go to her new residence where he found she'd remarried, which led to the conversation above.
Joe now wanted to stay in Japan to win his woman back, but he was there on a 60 day visa. If he could land some work, he'd be able to stay a lot longer, but there was a lot of red tape to go through in order to do that. When he got through the red tape he found himself hooked up with a big time criminal named Baron Kimura (Sessue Hayakawa). Joe was in a tight spot with the U. S. military on one side and Baron Kimura on the other.