When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Release date: 01/15/1960
Genres:
Drama
Countries:
Japan
Rating:
7.9
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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Actors
Hideko Takamine
Keiko Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Reiko Dan
Junko Inchihashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kenichi Komatsu
Daisuke Katō
Matsukichi Sekine
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Goda
Eitarō Ozawa
Minobe
Keiko Awaji
Yuri
Chieko Nakakita
Tomoko
Jun Tatara
Goldfish
Yū Fujiki
Matsui
Masao Oda
Yoshizo Yashiro
Chikako Hosokawa
Matsuko
Sadako Sawamura
Toshiko
Kyū Sazanka
Bar Owner
Noriko Sengoku
Fortune Teller
Kin Sugai
Katsuko
Noriko Honma
Mineko
Natsuko Kahara
Fujie
Machiko Kitagawa
Kiyomi
Yutaka Sada
Yoshikawa
Toki Shiozawa
Hostess
Ayumi Sonoda
Mitsuko
Yoshifumi Tajima
Electric Company Director
Akira Tani
Real Estate Agent
Mitsuo Tsuda
Bar Customer
Haruko Tōgō
Shizuko
Keiko Yanagawa
Yukiko
Michino Yokoyama
Miyuki
Akiko Wakabayashi
Hostess
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