Tokyo Sweetheart (1952)
Original title: 東京の恋人
Tokyo Sweetheart is a 1952 Japanese-language comedy movie directed by Yasuki Chiba, with a running time of 1h 37m. It stars Setsuko Hara, Toshirō Mifune and Yōko Sugi.
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 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