Sweet Sweat

Sweet Sweat — Plot

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.

• Release date
• September 19, 1964
• Runtime
• 120 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Shirō Toyoda

Sweet Sweat — Cast

Machiko Kyō Umeko Keiji Sada Tatsuoka Miyuki Kuwano Takeko Junko Ikeuchi Satoko Kyū Sazanka Kaneko Eitarō Ozawa Gondo Shoichi Ozawa Fujii Sadako Sawamura Matsuko