When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
111 min
Release Date
1960-01-15
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
113
Vote Average
8
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
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Chieko Nakakita
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Jun Tatara
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Masao Oda
Yoshizo Yashiro
Ken Mitsuda
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Chikako Hosokawa
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Sadako Sawamura
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Kyū Sazanka
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Noriko Sengoku
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Kin Sugai
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Toshiko Higuchi
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Mineko
Natsuko Kahara
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Machiko Kitagawa
Kiyomi
Takuzō Kumagai
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Fumie Noguchi
Natsuko
Yutaka Sada
Yoshikawa
Akira Sera
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Toki Shiozawa
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Mitsuko
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Mitsuo Tsuda
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Haruko Tōgō
Shizuko
Keiko Yanagawa
Yukiko
Michino Yokoyama
Miyuki
Akiko Wakabayashi
Hostess
Rumi Konishi
Kyoko Mori
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