Title: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (女が階段を上る時)
Release Date: 1960-01-15
IMDB ID: tt0054144
Vote Average: 8 (125 votes)
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 (Keiko Yashiro), Masayuki Mori (Nobuhiko Fujisaki), Reiko Dan (Junko Inchihashi), Tatsuya Nakadai (Kenichi Komatsu), Daisuke Katō (Matsukichi Sekine), Ganjirō Nakamura II (Goda),
Crew: Mikio Naruse (Director), Masao Tamai (Director of Photography), Sakae Hirosawa (Assistant Director), Eiji Ooi (Editor), Hideko Takamine (Costume Design), Masao Fujiyoshi (Sound),
Release Date: 1960-01-15
IMDB ID: tt0054144
Vote Average: 8 (125 votes)
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 (Keiko Yashiro), Masayuki Mori (Nobuhiko Fujisaki), Reiko Dan (Junko Inchihashi), Tatsuya Nakadai (Kenichi Komatsu), Daisuke Katō (Matsukichi Sekine), Ganjirō Nakamura II (Goda),
Crew: Mikio Naruse (Director), Masao Tamai (Director of Photography), Sakae Hirosawa (Assistant Director), Eiji Ooi (Editor), Hideko Takamine (Costume Design), Masao Fujiyoshi (Sound),