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.

• Shochiku
• Setsuko Shinobu
• Akio Isono
• Hikaru Yamanouchi
• Nobuko Wakaba
• Fumiko Katsuragi
• Shinichi Himori
• Chiyoko Katori
• Ichiro Yuki