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.
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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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19 May 1929
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31 March 1929
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