First Yank into Tokyo Original 1945 Vintage One Sheet Poster. Folded. 27X41 Inches This is an original One Sheet Poster. It was distributed by the film studio for marketing purposes and was not available to the public. First Yank into Tokyo is a 1945 American war film directed by Gordon Douglas for RKO Radio Pictures, starring Tom Neal, Keye Luke, Barbara Hale, and Richard Loo. It was one of the last American films to be produced during World War II, released only a little over a month after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the official surrender of Japan. Notably, it's also the first-ever film to feature or reference the atomic bombings.