‘Morning’s Tree-Lined Street’ starts with Chiyo, a 22-year-old country girl, coming to Tokyo in search of a better future. As she arrives in the city, the big buildings, clean roads, and well-dressed, good-looking people seem to welcome her at first. A triumphant music plays in the background, and it seems the great Japanese dream of making it big in life is just around the corner. But soon the illusion shatters as Chiyo sees the other side.
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street is screening at Metrograph as part of the Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us program
At first, she encounters a homeless man on the street, and when she arrives at the address of her old friend Hisako, she realizes that it is not so easy to make it big in this big city. Hisako, who came to Tokyo much like Chiyo, is now working as a hostess in a shady bar under an alias,...
Morning’s Tree-Lined Street is screening at Metrograph as part of the Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us program
At first, she encounters a homeless man on the street, and when she arrives at the address of her old friend Hisako, she realizes that it is not so easy to make it big in this big city. Hisako, who came to Tokyo much like Chiyo, is now working as a hostess in a shady bar under an alias,...
- 5/24/2025
- by Abirbhab Maitra
- AsianMoviePulse
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