Street Without End (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.

Genres: Drama

Stars: Setsuko Shinobu, Akio Isono, Sozo Okada, Nobuko Wakaba, Fumiko Katsuragi