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Sweet Sweat
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.
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Cast
Machiko Kyō
Keiji Sada
Miyuki Kuwano
Junko Ikeuchi
Kyū Sazanka
Eitarō Ozawa
Shoichi Ozawa
Sadako Sawamura
Etsuko Ichihara
Noriko Sengoku
Hiroko Sakurai
Akira NagoyaDetails
- Director
- Shirō Toyoda
- Writers
- Yōko Mizuki
- Release date
- September 19, 1964
- Runtime
- 2h
- Original language
- Japanese
- Studios
- Tokyo Eiga, TOHO
