When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (8.0)

Movie · 1960 · 1 h 51 min · Drama

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.

Directed by: Mikio Naruse

Starring 高峰秀子, 森雅之, 団令子, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, 二代目 中村鴈治郎, 小沢栄太郎, 淡路恵子, 中北千枝子, 多々良純

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