When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

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 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

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