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.
Sugiko Shima
Koichi, her younger brother
Hiroshi Yamanouchi
Takako, his elder sister
mother
Shinkichi Yamamura
Machio Harada
Yoshiko Hisayama
Butler
Guest (at café)
Bellboy
Guest for portrait painter
Yukihiko Chiba
April 26, 1934
Sugiko Shima
Koichi, her younger brother
Hiroshi Yamanouchi
Takako, his elder sister
mother
Shinkichi Yamamura
Machio Harada
Yoshiko Hisayama
Butler
Guest (at café)
Bellboy
Guest for portrait painter
Yukihiko Chiba