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Sweet Sweat (1964)
Directed by Shirō Toyoda
Drama · 2h 00m
This film by Toyoda depicts the hard life of an unmarried mother in Tokyo. Umeko (Machiko Kyo), at 36, is working in a bar, struggling valiantly to keep her family together. Her 17-year-old daughter Takeko becomes increasingly upset by her mother's constant drinking and yakuza boyfriend, and runs away from home. Kyo's performance was highly praised.
Cast
Machiko Kyō
Keiji Sada
Miyuki Kuwano
Junko Ikeuchi
Kyū Sazanka
Eitarō Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Sadako Sawamura
Etsuko Ichihara
Noriko Sengoku
Hiroko Sakurai
Akira Nagoya
Crew
- Director
- Shirō Toyoda
- Screenplay
- Yōko Mizuki
- Director of Photography
- Kōzō Okazaki
- Original Music Composer
- Hikaru Hayashi
- Producer
- Ichirō Satō, Hideyuki Shiino
Details
- Original title
- 甘い汗
- Release date
- 1964-09-19
- Runtime
- 2h 00m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Tokyo Eiga, TOHO