Tokyo Sweetheart (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.
Director:
Yasuki Chiba
Writers:
Toshiro Ide, Fumio Yoshida.
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Setsuko Hara as Yuki |
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Toshirō Mifune as Kurokawa |
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Yōko Sugi as Harumi |
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Hisaya Morishige as Akazawa |
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Murasaki Fujima as Konatsu |
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Hiroshi Koizumi as Shôtarô |
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Nijiko Kiyokawa as Tsuruko |
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Kazuo Masubuchi as Chûkichi |
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Chōko Iida as Matsuyo |
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Reikichi Kawamura as Yamamoto |
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Hisao Toake as Jewelry shop proprietor |
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Sadako Sawamura as Jewelry shop proprietress |
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Kamatari Fujiwara as Aoyama |
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Kan Yanagiya as Doctor |
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Keiju Kobayashi as |
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Daisuke Inoue as Dai |
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Fumiko Okamura as |
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Shōichi Hirose as |
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Yutaka Nakayama as |
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Fuyuki Murakami as |
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Yoshio Kosugi as |
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Sachio Sakai as |
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Keiichirō Katsumoto as |
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Ren Yamamoto as |
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Shigeo Katō as |
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Keiji Sakakida as |
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Teruko Mita as |
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Suzuko Takayama as |
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Haruna Kaburagi as |
| Writing | Toshiro Ide | Screenplay |
| Writing | Fumio Yoshida | Screenplay |
| Camera | Tadashi Iimura | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nobuo Iida | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Masanobu Miyazaki | Sound Recordist |
| Art | Takeo Kita | Art Direction |
| Art | Kyoe Hamagami | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Masaki Ônuma | Lighting Technician |
| Directing | Yasuki Chiba | Director |
| Editing | Hidetoshi Kasama | Editor |
| Directing | Mikio Komatsu | Assistant Director |
| Production | Sanezumi Fujimoto | Producer |
| Production | Hisatora Kumagai | Producer |