In the post-world-war-two years, the United States and Japan make efforts to strengthen their friendship and to become allies against the Communist threat exacerbated by the onset of the Cold War. Famous Japanese sculptor Katsura creates a new sculpture symbolizing the growing friendship between Japan and the United States. The memorial features an eternal flame. The U.S. High Commissioner to Japan is given the honor and he agrees to light the monument's eternal flame. The Communist spy network in Japan sees an opportunity to sabotage the ceremony and to attempt to assassinate the U.S. High Commissioner. Communist agent George Underwood is entrusted with this task. At the same time, U.S. Intelligence officer Mark Fannon makes a stopover in Tokyo while on a flight to Korea. Due to the fact that he's lacking the mandatory Letter of Entry in order to enter or transit Japan, Fannon requests and receives the assistance of Tina Llewellyn, an English-speaking assistant travel manager of ...
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This film was based on the last of the "Mr. Moto" novels, "Stopover Tokyo", published in 1955, featuring a middle aged Moto. The film version deletes the Moto character entirely!
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Austria: Geheimring Nippon
Brazil: Escala em Tokyo
Brazil (alternative title): Escala em Tóquio
Canada (English title): Stopover Tokyo
Spain: Escala en Tokyo
Finland: Välilasku Tokioon
France: Espionnage à  Tokyo
Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title): Oi aetoi tis kataskopeias
Italy: Spionaggio a Tokyo
Portugal: Escândalos em Tóquio
Romania: EscalÄÆ’ Tokyo
Sweden: Uppdrag i Tokyo
West Germany: Geheimring Nippon