87 minutes
4/26/1934
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
as Sugiko Shima
Akio Isono
as Koichi, her younger brother
Hikaru Yamanouchi
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
Reikō Tani
as Butler
Sadako Araki
as Waitress at café
Kiyoko Rokugo
as Waitress at café
Akiko Katsumi
as Waitress at café
Kōji Mitsui
as Guest (at café)
Shozaburo Abe
as Bartender
Einosuke Naka
as Doctor
Tomio Aoki
as Bellboy
Takeshi Sakamoto
as Guest for portrait painter
Chishū Ryū
as Yukihiko Chiba