The read
It runs a compact 1h 27m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Jitsuzo IkedaScreenplay
- Mikio NaruseDirector
Cast
- Setsuko ShinobuSugiko Shima
- Akio IsonoKoichi, her younger brother
- Sozo OkadaHiroshi Yamanouchi
- Nobuko WakabaTakako, his elder sister
- Fumiko Katsuragimother
- Shinichi HimoriShinkichi Yamamura
- Chiyoko KatoriKesako Nakane
- Ichiro YukiMachio Harada
- Yukiko InoueYoshiko Hisayama
- Fujiko Matsuzonoher friend
- Reikō TaniButler
- Sadako ArakiWaitress at café