Street Without End

Directed by Mikio Naruse

With Setsuko Shinobu, Akio Isono, Sozo Okada, Nobuko Wakaba and Fumiko Katsuragi

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.