When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960
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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
- Runtime: 111 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō
- Director: Masao Tamai, Mikio Naruse, Sakae Hirosawa, Toshirō Mayuzumi, Hisashi Shimonaga
