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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

8.0 111 mins Drama   1960
TOHO  
Director(s): Mikio Naruse

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.

Casts of When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Hideko Takamine

as Keiko Yashiro

Masayuki Mori

as Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Reiko Dan

as Junko Inchihashi

Tatsuya Nakadai

as Kenichi Komatsu

Daisuke Katō

as Matsukichi Sekine

Eitarō Ozawa

as Minobe

Keiko Awaji

as Yuri

Chieko Nakakita

as Tomoko

Jun Tatara

as Goldfish

Yū Fujiki

as Matsui

Masao Oda

as Yoshizo Yashiro

Ken Mitsuda

as Sonoda

Chikako Hosokawa

as Matsuko

Sadako Sawamura

as Toshiko

Kyū Sazanka

as Bar Owner

Noriko Sengoku

as Fortune Teller

Kin Sugai

as Katsuko

Toshiko Higuchi

as Hostess

Noriko Honma

as Mineko

Natsuko Kahara

as Fujie

Machiko Kitagawa

as Kiyomi

Takuzō Kumagai

as Bar Customer

Fumie Noguchi

as Natsuko

Yutaka Sada

as Yoshikawa

Akira Sera

as Mizutani

Toki Shiozawa

as Hostess

Ayumi Sonoda

as Mitsuko

Yoshifumi Tajima

as Electric Company Director

Akira Tani

as Real Estate Agent

Mitsuo Tsuda

as Bar Customer

Haruko Tōgō

as Shizuko

Keiko Yanagawa

as Yukiko

Michino Yokoyama

as Miyuki

Akiko Wakabayashi

as Hostess

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