
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
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.
Release Date: 1960-01-15
Drama
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Casts

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

Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Goda

Eitarō Ozawa
as Minobe

Keiko Awaji
as Yuri

Chieko Nakakita
as Tomoko

Jun Tatara
as Goldfish