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.
忍節子
as Sugiko Shima
磯野秋雄
as Koichi, her younger brother
岡田桑三
as Hiroshi Yamanouchi
Nobuko Wakaba
as Takako, his elder sister
葛城文子
as mother
日守新一
as Shinkichi Yamamura
香取千代子
as Kesako Nakane
結城一朗
as Machio Harada
井上雪子
as Yoshiko Hisayama
Fujiko Matsuzono
as her friend
谷麗光
as Butler
Sadako Araki
as Waitress at café
