When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

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.

1960

1h 51min

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Top Billed Cast

高峰秀子
Keiko Yashiro
森雅之
Nobuhiko Fujisaki
団令子
Junko Inchihashi
仲代達矢
Kenichi Komatsu
加東大介
Matsukichi Sekine
二代目中村鴈治郎
Goda
小沢栄太郎
Minobe
淡路恵子
Yuri
中北千枝子
Tomoko
多々良純
Goldfish
藤木悠
Matsui
織田政雄
Yoshizo Yashiro
三津田健
Sonoda
細川ちか子
Matsuko
沢村貞子
Toshiko
山茶花究
Bar Owner
千石規子
Fortune Teller
菅井きん
Katsuko
樋口年子
Hostess
本間文子
Mineko

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