is a 1934 Japanese silent drama film directed by Mikio Naruse, based on a newspaper serial by Komatsu Kitamura. It was Naruse's last silent film and his final film for the Shochiku studio.

Plot

Sugiko works as a waitress in a café in Tokyo's

Ginza Ginza ( ; ja, 銀座 ) is a district of Chūō, Tokyo, located south of Yaesu and Kyōbashi, west of Tsukiji, east of Yūrakuchō and Uchisaiwaichō, and north of Shinbashi. It is a popular upscale shopping area of Tokyo, with numerous intern ...

district. Her boyfriend Machio proposes to her, although his family has arranged a marriage with a woman from a wealthy family for him. She is also approached by Yukihiko, a talent scout for a film studio which is looking for a new star actress. When she steps onto the street absent-mindedly, she is hit by the car of Hiroshi, the heir of the Yamanouchi family. Machio sees her being taken away in Hiroshi's car, believing that she is dating Hiroshi and has decided against his proposal, and leaves town. Hiroshi starts dating Sugiko, despite his mother's and sister's objections against his liaison with a girl of lower class descent, but when he insists on marrying her, they eventually give in. Meanwhile, Sugiko's friend and colleague Kesako has successfully applied for the job at the film studio, which puts the relationship to her boyfriend Shinkichi to the test. Sugiko soon feels uncomfortable in her new home, and Hiroshi, unhappy with his family's overt reluctance to his wife, starts drinking frequently. After Sugiko leaves him, Hiroshi has a car accident and is hospitalised. At the hospital, Sugiko blames Hiroshi's mother and sister for never having accepted her. Hiroshi dies soon after, and Sugiko returns to her job in the Ginza café, reunited with Kesako and Shinkichi who quit the film studio.

Cast

* Setsuko Shinobu as Sugiko Shima * Akio Isono as Koichi, Sugiko's brother * Sozo Okada as Hiroshi Yamanouchi * Nobuko Wakaba as Takako, Hiroshi's sister * Fumiko Katsuragi as Hiroshi's mother *

Shin'ichi Himori , born , was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1925 to 1959. Career Born in Tokyo, Himori entered the Shochiku studios in 1924 and, after starting out in side roles, became a leading player, particularly speciali ...

as Shinkichi * Chiyoko Katori as Kesako * Ichirō Yūki as Machio Harada, Sugiko's boyfriend * Yukiko Inoue as Yoshiko Hisayama * Shōzaburō Abe as barman * Chishū Ryū as Yukihiko Chiba * Tomio Aoki as boy on the telephone * Takeshi Sakamoto * Kōji Mitsui as café customer

Release

''Street Without End'' premiered in Japan on 26 April 1934. It was shown in the U.S. as part of a 25 films Naruse retrospective in 1985, organised by the Kawakita Memorial Film Institute and film scholar Audie Bock.

References

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* * * {{Mikio Naruse 1934 films 1934 drama films Japanese black-and-white films Japanese drama films Japanese silent films Films based on works by Japanese writers Films directed by Mikio Naruse Shochiku films 1930s Japanese-language films Silent drama films