When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Release Date: 1960-01-15

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.

Rating: 7.943 / 10

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Hideko Takamine

as Keiko Yashiro

Masayuki Mori

Masayuki Mori

as Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Reiko Dan

Reiko Dan

as Junko Inchihashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Kenichi Komatsu

Daisuke Katō

Daisuke Katō

as Matsukichi Sekine

Crew

  • Mikio Naruse - Director

  • Masao Tamai - Director of Photography

  • Ryuzo Kikushima - Producer

  • Toshirō Mayuzumi - Original Music Composer

  • Eiji Ooi - Editor

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