Sweat (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.
Director:
Tomu Uchida
Writer:
Masashi Kobayashi
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Kōji Shima as Heizaemon Kitayama |
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Yasushi Yoshii as Genbei |
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Kōju Murata as Senta |
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Kunio Tamura as Chorotake |
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Etsuji Oki as Kinzo |
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Hisako Takihana as Oshizu |
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Mitsu Kanbe as Worker |
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Heitaro Doi as |
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Moku Akaboshi as |
| Art | Enjiro Ikeda | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Tomu Uchida | Director |
| Camera | Matao Matsuzawa | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Masashi Kobayashi | Original Story |
| Writing | Masashi Kobayashi | Screenplay |