ESCAPADE IN JAPAN is a children's film made in the 1950s which gives viewers a chance to view post-war Japan, in terms of geography and society, in full-blooded colour. There's little more reason to tune in than that, however. A kid goes missing and is pursued by the authorities; it turns out he's gone on a road trip of sorts with a like-minded Japanese boy and together the two of them visit various locations. A youthful Cameron Mitchell plays the boy's worried father. The boy is played by the blond kid from LASSIE a few years before he got that role and became familiar to American TV viewers. The slight story feels dragged out to the nth degree and despite my love of Japan I found it rather boring.
Review of Escapade in Japan
