When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
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1960-01-15 • 1h 51m
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.
- Directors
- Mikio Naruse
- Editors
- Eiji Ooi
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Visit website1960-01-15 • 1h 51m
8.0/10 • 114
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.
- Directors
- Mikio Naruse
- Editors
- Eiji Ooi
Top Billed Cast
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Hideko Takamine
Keiko Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Reiko Dan
Junko Inchihashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kenichi Komatsu
Daisuke Katō
Matsukichi Sekine
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Goda
Eitarō Ozawa
Minobe
Keiko Awaji
Yuri
Chieko Nakakita
Tomoko
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- Status
- Released
- Original Language
- Japanese
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- Keywords
- widowtokyo, japanhostess1950sshōwa era (1926-89)