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.
Criterion ChannelStream
FlixFlingStreamAvailability · US
Community
Vote on scenes, quotes, and characters for Street Without End (1934).
The moment that still lives in your head.
Starters for Street Without End
Your take
Rate this title
Tap half or full stars · 0.5–10 scale
Be the first Cinemoood rating
Open communitySign in to save your rating.
None yet
See all
Setsuko Shinobu
Sugiko Shima
Akio Isono
Koichi, her younger brother
Sozo Okada
Hiroshi Yamanouchi
Nobuko Wakaba
Takako, his elder sister
Fumiko Katsuragi
mother
Shinichi Himori
Shinkichi Yamamura
Chiyoko Katori
Kesako Nakane
Ichiro Yuki
Machio Harada
Yukiko Inoue
Yoshiko Hisayama
Fujiko Matsuzono
her friend
Reikō Tani
Butler
Sadako Araki
Waitress at café
Kiyoko Rokugo
Waitress at café
Akiko Katsumi
Waitress at café
Kōji Mitsui
Guest (at café)
