Tokyo Sweetheart

Tokyo Sweetheart

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 15, 1952

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.

Tokyo Sweetheart

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | July 15, 1952

Tokyo Sweetheart
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.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 東京の恋人
Directors Mikio Komatsu, Yasuki Chiba
Writers Fumio Yoshida, Toshirō Ide

Cast

Setsuko Hara

as Yuki

Toshirō Mifune

as Kurokawa

Yōko Sugi

as Harumi

Hisaya Morishige

as Akazawa

Murasaki Fujima

as Konatsu

Hiroshi Koizumi

as Shôtarô

Nijiko Kiyokawa

as Tsuruko

Kazuo Masubuchi

as Chûkichi

Chōko Iida

as Matsuyo

Reikichi Kawamura

as Yamamoto

Hisao Toake

as Jewelry shop proprietor

Sadako Sawamura

as Jewelry shop proprietress

Kamatari Fujiwara

as Aoyama

Kan Yanagiya

as Doctor

Daisuke Inoue

as Dai