When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
    1960

    Synopsis

    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.

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    Cast

    • Hideko TakamineKeiko Yashiro
    • Masayuki MoriNobuhiko Fujisaki
    • Reiko DanJunko Inchihashi
    • Tatsuya NakadaiKenichi Komatsu
    • Daisuke KatōMatsukichi Sekine
    • Ganjirō Nakamura IIGoda
    • Eitarō OzawaMinobe
    • Keiko AwajiYuri
    • Chieko NakakitaTomoko
    • Jun TataraGoldfish

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