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.
as Sugiko Shima
as Koichi, her younger brother
as Hiroshi Yamanouchi
as Takako, his elder sister
as mother
as Shinkichi Yamamura
as Kesako Nakane
as Machio Harada
as Yoshiko Hisayama
as her friend
as Butler
as Waitress at café
as Waitress at café
as Waitress at café
as Guest (at café)
as Bartender
as Doctor
as Bellboy
as Guest for portrait painter
as Yukihiko Chiba
