1960
8.0 (113 votes)
1h 51m
Genres
Drama
Production Companies
TOHO
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (女が階段を上る時)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Mikio Naruse
Director of Photography: Masao Tamai
Producer: Ryūzō Kikushima
Screenplay: Ryūzō Kikushima
Top Cast
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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