Street Without End

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.

Cast

Setsuko Shinobu

Sugiko Shima

Akio Isono

Koichi, her younger brother

Hikaru Yamanouchi

Hiroshi Yamanouchi

Nobuko Wakaba

Takako, his elder sister

Fumiko Katsuragi

mother