When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
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.
- Released
- 1960-01-15
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Mikio Naruse, Ryuzo Kikushima
- TMDB rating
- 8.0/10 from 131 votes
Cast
- Hideko Takamine as Keiko Yashiro
- Masayuki Mori as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
- Reiko Dan as Junko Inchihashi
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Kenichi Komatsu
- Daisuke Katō as Matsukichi Sekine
- Ganjirō Nakamura II as Goda
- Eitarō Ozawa as Minobe
- Keiko Awaji as Yuri
- Chieko Nakakita as Tomoko
- Jun Tatara as Goldfish
- Yū Fujiki as Matsui
- Masao Oda as Yoshizo Yashiro