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Sweet Sweat

7.5 120 mins Drama   1964
Tokyo Eiga   TOHO  
Director(s): Shirō Toyoda

Release Date: 19 Sat, Sep 1964

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.

Casts of Sweet Sweat

Machiko Kyō

as Umeko

Keiji Sada

as Tatsuoka

Miyuki Kuwano

as Takeko

Junko Ikeuchi

as Satoko

Kyū Sazanka

as Kaneko

Eitarō Ozawa

as Gondo

Shoichi Ozawa

as Fujii

Sadako Sawamura

as Matsuko

Etsuko Ichihara

as Sawako

Noriko Sengoku

as Okesa's owner

Hiroko Sakurai

as Tamako

Akira Nagoya

as Jiro

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