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.
Kōji Shima
Heizaemon Kitayama
Yasushi Yoshii
Genbei
Kōju Murata
Senta
Kunio Tamura
Chorotake
Etsuji Oki
Kinzo
Hisako Takihana
Oshizu
Mitsu Kanbe
Worker
Heitaro Doi
Moku Akaboshi
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.
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