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
