Street Without End
Apr 26 1934
•1h 27m
•Drama
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.
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Setsuko Shinobu
Sugiko Shima
Akio Isono
Koichi, her younger brother
Hikaru Yamanouchi
Hiroshi Yamanouchi
Nobuko Wakaba
Takako, his elder sister
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