Sweat

Sweat

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 31, 1929

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.

Sweat

50 mins | Drama, Comedy | Dec. 31, 1929

Sweat
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.
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title 汗
Directors Tomu Uchida
Writers Masashi Kobayashi

Cast

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