Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
1952 · 1h 37m · Comedy, Drama
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Following the Second World War, the lives of various people in a poverty-stricken area of Tokyo are entertwined. Pachinko parlor girls, shoeshine boys, a maker of costume jewelry, and a streetcorner artist all struggle to make their livings and to find happiness in difficult surroundings.
Director: Yasuki Chiba
Writers: Toshiro Ide, Fumio Yoshida
Music by: Nobuo Iida
Cinematography: Tadashi Iimura
Editor: Hidetoshi Kasama
Cast
Setsuko Hara as YukiToshirō Mifune as KurokawaYōko Sugi as HarumiHisaya Morishige as AkazawaMurasaki Fujima as KonatsuHiroshi Koizumi as ShôtarôNijiko Kiyokawa as TsurukoKazuo Masubuchi as ChûkichiChōko Iida as MatsuyoReikichi Kawamura as YamamotoHisao Toake as Jewelry shop proprietorSadako Sawamura as Jewelry shop proprietressMore like this
SubUrbia (1997)Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)Family Weekend (2013)The Beanie Bubble (2023)A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018)The Joneses (2010)Hooking Up (2020)Almost Friends (2017)