Overview
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.
Cast
- Setsuko Shinobu as Sugiko Shima
- Akio Isono as Koichi, her younger brother
- Sozo Okada as Hiroshi Yamanouchi
- Nobuko Wakaba as Takako, his elder sister
- Fumiko Katsuragi as mother
- Shinichi Himori as Shinkichi Yamamura
- Chiyoko Katori as Kesako Nakane
- Ichiro Yuki as Machio Harada
- Yukiko Inoue as Yoshiko Hisayama
- Fujiko Matsuzono as her friend