When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
女が階段を上る時
The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.
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.
- Date of release
- 1960-01-15
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (131)
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Mikio Naruse
Casting
- 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 — Yuri
- Chieko Nakakita — Tomoko
- Jun Tatara — Goldfish
- Yū Fujiki — Matsui
- Masao Oda — Yoshizo Yashiro
Interesting facts
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse.
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