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Street Without End
JAPAN · 1934

Street Without End

Mikio Naruse
class difference female independence accident and fate romantic entanglement domestic confinement
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Synopsis

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.

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