Street Without End

Street Without End

87 mins | Drama | April 26, 1934

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.

Street Without End

87 mins | Drama | April 26, 1934

Street Without End
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Shochiku Co., Ltd.
Original title 限りなき舗道
Directors Minoru Matsui, Minoru Shibuya, Satsuo Yamamoto, Mikio Naruse
Writers Jitsuzo Ikeda, Komatsu Kitamura

Cast

Setsuko Shinobu

as Sugiko Shima

Akio Isono

as Koichi, her younger brother

Hikaru Yamanouchi

as Hiroshi Yamanouchi

Nobuko Wakaba

as Takako, his elder sister

Fumiko Katsuragi

as mother

Shinichi Himori

as Shinkichi Yamamura

Chiyoko Katori

as Kesako Nakane

Ichiro Yuki

as Machio Harada

Yukiko Inoue

as Yoshiko Hisayama

Fujiko Matsuzono

as her friend

Reikô Tani

as Butler

Sadako Araki

as Waitress at café

Kiyoko Rokugo

as Waitress at café

Akiko Katsumi

as Waitress at café

Kōji Mitsui

as Guest (at café)

Shozaburo Abe

as Bartender

Einosuke Naka

as Doctor

Tomio Aoki

as Bellboy

Takeshi Sakamoto

as Guest for portrait painter

Chishū Ryū

as Yukihiko Chiba