April 1934
87 mins
TMDB
6.7
Mikio Naruse’s final silent film is a gloriously rich portrait of a waitress, Sugiko, whose life, despite a host of male admirers and even some intrigued movie talent scouts, ends up taking a suffocatingly domestic turn after a wealthy businessman accidentally hits her with his car.
Setsuko Shinobu
Sugiko Shima
Akio Isono
Koichi, her younger brother
Hikaru Yamanouchi
Hiroshi Yamanouchi
Nobuko Wakaba
Takako, his elder sister
Fumiko Katsuragi
mother
Shinichi Himori
Shinkichi Yamamura
Chiyoko Katori
Kesako Nakane
Ichiro Yuki
Machio Harada
Yukiko Inoue
Yoshiko Hisayama
Fujiko Matsuzono
her friend