Sweet Sweat (1964)
甘い汗
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.
- Date of release
- 1964-09-19
- TMDB
- 8.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 2h 0m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Shirō Toyoda
Casting
- Machiko Kyō — Umeko
- Keiji Sada — Tatsuoka
- Miyuki Kuwano — Takeko
- Junko Ikeuchi — Satoko
- Kyū Sazanka — Kaneko
- Eitarō Ozawa — Gondo
- Shoichi Ozawa — Fujii
- Sadako Sawamura — Matsuko
- Etsuko Ichihara — Sawako
- Noriko Sengoku — Okesa's owner
- Hiroko Sakurai — Tamako
- Akira Nagoya — Jiro
Interesting facts
Sweet Sweat is a 1964 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda.
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