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
Kesako Nakane
Machio Harada
Yoshiko Hisayama
her friend
Butler
Waitress at café
Waitress at café
Waitress at café
Guest (at café)
Bartender
Doctor
Bellboy
Guest for portrait painter
Yukihiko Chiba
