Street Without End

Overview

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.

Directed by Mikio Naruse

Top cast

Setsuko Shinobu

Sugiko Shima

Akio Isono

Koichi, her younger brother

Sozo Okada

Hiroshi Yamanouchi

Nobuko Wakaba

Takako, his elder sister

Fumiko Katsuragi

mother

Shinichi Himori

Shinkichi Yamamura

C

Chiyoko Katori

Kesako Nakane

Ichiro Yuki

Machio Harada

Yukiko Inoue

Yoshiko Hisayama

F

Fujiko Matsuzono

her friend

Reikō Tani

Butler

S

Sadako Araki

Waitress at café

K

Kiyoko Rokugo

Waitress at café

A

Akiko Katsumi

Waitress at café

Kōji Mitsui

Guest (at café)

S

Shozaburo Abe

Bartender

E

Einosuke Naka

Doctor

Tomio Aoki

Bellboy

Takeshi Sakamoto

Guest for portrait painter

Chishū Ryū

Yukihiko Chiba

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