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.
Length 87 minutes
Setsuko Shinobu | Akio Isono | Hikaru Yamanouchi | Nobuko Wakaba | Fumiko Katsuragi | Shinichi Himori | Chiyoko Katori | Ichiro Yuki | Yukiko Inoue | Fujiko Matsuzono | Reikô Tani | Sadako Araki | Kiyoko Rokugo | Akiko Katsumi | Kôji Mitsui | Shozaburo Abe | Einosuke Naka | Tomio Aoki | Takeshi Sakamoto | Chishū Ryū