When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

8.0/10 • 111 min • Drama

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.

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Masayuki Mori

Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Reiko Dan

Junko Inchihashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kenichi Komatsu

Daisuke Katō

Matsukichi Sekine

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Eitarō Ozawa

Keiko Awaji

Chieko Nakakita

Jun Tatara

Yū Fujiki

Masao Oda

Yoshizo Yashiro

Chikako Hosokawa

Sadako Sawamura

Kyū Sazanka

Noriko Sengoku

Kin Sugai

Noriko Honma

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