When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

8

NR

Genre: Drama
Release year: 1960
Running time: 111 min
Country: Japan

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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Eitarō Ozawa
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Yoshifumi Tajima
Electric Company Director
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Junko Inchihashi
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Mikio Naruse
Director
Ryūzō Kikushima
Producer
Hideko Takamine
Costume Design
Hisashi Shimonaga
Sound
Masao Tamai
Director of Photography
Toshirō Mayuzumi
Original Music Composer
Satoru Chûko
Production Design
Sakae Hirosawa
Assistant Director

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