When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

1960

111 min

8.0

Ends at

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama

Director

Mikio Naruse

Country

Japan

Cast & Crew

Hideko Takamine

Masayuki Mori

Reiko Dan

Tatsuya Nakadai

Daisuke Katō

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Eitarō Ozawa

Keiko Awaji

Chieko Nakakita

Jun Tatara

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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Keiko, whom everyone calls Mama, narrates her story: she's a hostess on the Ginza, 30, a widow. She describes life's vicious cycle: acting cheerful around drunks, dressing and living well to convey confidence, needing money for these expenses and for her demanding mother and brother, and knowing she's growing older.

  • Hideko Takamine

  • Masayuki Mori

  • Reiko Dan

  • Tatsuya Nakadai

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