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Sweet Sweat

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Sweet Sweat
Directed byShirō Toyoda
Screenplay byYōko Mizuki
Story byYōko Mizuki
Produced by
  • Ichirō Satō
  • Hideyuki Shiino
Starring
CinematographyKozo Okazaki
Edited byChizuru Hirose
Music byHikaru Hayashi
Production
company
Tokyo Eiga
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • 19 September 1964 (1964-09-19) (Japan)[1][2]
Running time
119 minutes[2][3]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Sweet Sweat (甘い汗, Amai ase) is a 1964 Japanese drama film directed by Shirō Toyoda.[1][2][4]

Cast

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Release

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Sweet Sweat was released in Japan by Toho on 19 September 1964,[1][2] shortly after the death of co-star Keiji Sada. It was released in the United States by Toho International with English subtitles in September 1965. This version had a 120 minute running time.[1]

Awards

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Kinema Junpo awarded Machiko Kyō as Best Actress and Yōko Mizuki for Best Screenplay for this film and Kwaidan. Kyō also won the award for Best Actress at the Mainichi Film Concours for her work in the film.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Galbraith IV, Stuart (2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-1461673743.
  2. ^ a b c d "甘い汗 (Amai ase)". Kinenote (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  3. ^ "甘い汗 (Amai ase)". Japanese Movie Database (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ^ "豊田四郎 (Shirō Toyoda)". Kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 27 December 2020.
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