Sweat (1929)

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.

Released: Dec 31, 1929

Runtime: 50 minutes

Genre: Drama, Comedy

Stars: Koji Shima, Yasushi Yoshii, Kōju Murata, Kunio Tamura, Etsuji Oki, Hisako Takihana

Crew: Tomu Uchida (Director), Enjiro Ikeda (Set Decoration), Masashi Kobayashi (Original Story), Masashi Kobayashi (Screenplay), Matao Matsuzawa (Director of Photography)