Jan 15, 1960
111 min
Full-HD

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

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.

Category

Drama

Country

Japan

Companies

TOHO

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

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