
Street Without End1934
Both directed by Mikio Naruse, and both starring Fumiko Katsuragi

In NO BLOOD RELATION, a gripping early example of Mikio Naruse’s cinematic boldness, featuring a screenplay by Yasujiro Ozu’s famed collaborator Kogo Noda, an actress returns to Tokyo after a successful stint in Hollywood to reclaim—with the help of her gangster brother—the daughter she abandoned years before.
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Both directed by Mikio Naruse, and both starring Fumiko Katsuragi
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