

Morning's Tree-Lined Street
As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighborhood bar where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name....
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Morning's Tree-Lined Street
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Nov 1, 1936
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Drama
User Score
67%
Original Title
朝の並木路
Production Companies
P.C.L. Eiga Seisaku-jo
Director
Mikio Naruse
Description
As suggested by the title, this film takes up the theme of the city, beginning with a series of traveling shots from Chiyo's point of view on a bus leaving the countryside and entering the metropolitan cityscape. After some fruitless job hunting in downtown Tokyo, Chiyo accepts a job as a bar hostess in Shiba ward. Well away from glamorous Asakusa and Ginza, this is a neighborhood bar where the women are dirt poor, each having only one kimono to their name....