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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)

★ 8.0/10 111 min Drama Japan Japanese
Director: Mikio Naruse
Screenplay by: Ryuzo Kikushima
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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.

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Hideko Takamine
Hideko Takamine Keiko Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
Masayuki Mori Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Reiko Dan
Reiko Dan Junko Inchihashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai Kenichi Komatsu
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō Matsukichi Sekine
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Ganjirō Nakamura II Goda
Eitarō Ozawa
Eitarō Ozawa Minobe
Keiko Awaji
Keiko Awaji Yuri

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