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.


Hiroshi Yamanouchi

Nobuko Wakaba
Takako, his elder sister

Fumiko Katsuragi
mother

Shinichi Himori
Shinkichi Yamamura
Chiyoko Katori
Kesako Nakane

Ichiro Yuki
Machio Harada