Comedy ·Drama · Japan · 1952 · 1h 37m

Tokyo Sweetheart

東京の恋人

Director

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

Crew

Tadashi Iimura — Director of Photography Hidetoshi Kasama — Editor Nobuo Iida — Original Music Composer Toshiro Ide — Screenplay Fumio Yoshida — Screenplay Sanezumi Fujimoto — Producer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Yasuki Chiba Director Tadashi Iimura Director of Photography Hidetoshi Kasama Editor Nobuo Iida Original Music Composer Toshiro Ide Screenplay Fumio Yoshida Screenplay Sanezumi Fujimoto Producer Hisatora Kumagai Producer

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