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Tokyo Sweetheart
Film / 1952

Tokyo Sweetheart

Directed by Yasuki Chiba
ComedyDrama

★ 8.0/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

Setsuko HaraYuki Toshirō MifuneKurokawa Yōko SugiHarumi Hisaya MorishigeAkazawa Murasaki FujimaKonatsu Hiroshi KoizumiShôtarô Nijiko KiyokawaTsuruko Kazuo MasubuchiChûkichi Chōko IidaMatsuyo Reikichi KawamuraYamamoto Hisao ToakeJewelry shop proprietor Sadako SawamuraJewelry shop proprietress
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Kamatari FujiwaraAoyama Kan YanagiyaDoctor Keiju Kobayashi Daisuke InoueDai Fumiko Okamura Shōichi Hirose Yutaka Nakayama Fuyuki Murakami Yoshio Kosugi Sachio Sakai Keiichirō Katsumoto Ren Yamamoto Shigeo Katō Keiji Sakakida Teruko Mita Suzuko Takayama Haruna Kaburagi

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