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.
A Japanese film
The adventures of a modern day descendant of a famed Edo era thief are the basis for this short supernatural comedy romp.
