31 December 1929 Drama, Comedy 50 mins
Sweat (1929) is a slapstick riff on tendency-film themes, as a bored young millionaire has his clothes stolen by a tramp; dressed in the tramp’s clothes, he has to accept work as a labourer. As the hero ends up building the mausoleum he had himself commissioned.
Watch the official Sweat 1929 trailer in HD below.
Koji Shima as Heizaemon Kitayama
Yasushi Yoshii as Genbei
Kôju Murata as Senta
Kunio Tamura as Chorotake
Etsuji Oki as Kinzo
Hisako Takihana as Oshizu
Mitsu Kanbe as Worker
Tomu Uchida Director
Enjiro Ikeda Set Decoration
Masashi Kobayashi Original Story
Masashi Kobayashi Screenplay
Matao Matsuzawa Director of Photography
Han Trailer
Hàn Trailer
Japan 31 December 1929
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Sweatshops generally refers to a workplace where relatively unskilled employees work long hours for substandard pay in unhealthy and unsafe conditions.
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12 March 1929
An impression of the state of the world in 1929, contrasting similarities and differences in religion, customs, art and entertainment from all over the world.
21 July 1929
In order to keep her job, a young dress designer must keep her recent marriage a secret from her boss.
31 March 1929
On board a yacht sailing from India to Britain, the owner of the vessel is murdered by one of the passengers.
15 January 1929
A vaudeville act. Trixie Friganza performs first a story and then a song. For the story, she wears a wide-brimmed had and a matching diaphanous shawl.
22 May 1929
In the year 1914: The assistants of cobbler Lehmann compete for the affections of his daughter Frieda.
24 August 1929
Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romance, prom dances and the inevitable big football game.
30 March 1929
A Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to suicide.
09 February 1929
Joe Cobb is suffering through a toothache as well as having to babysit his little brother Rupert who won't stop crying.
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