When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
女が階段を上る時
Release: 1960-01-15
·Runtime: 111m
·★ 7.9
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Japan
Production Companies
TOHO
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Kin Sugai
as Katsuko
Takuzō Kumagai
as Bar Customer
Akiko Wakabayashi
as Hostess
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kenichi Komatsu
Chieko Nakakita
as Tomoko
Masao Oda
as Yoshizo Yashiro
Daisuke Katō
as Matsukichi Sekine
Eitarō Ozawa
as Minobe
Yū Fujiki
as Matsui
Noriko Sengoku
as Fortune Teller
Yutaka Sada
as Yoshikawa
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Electric Company Director
Masayuki Mori
as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Noriko Honma
as Mineko
Machiko Kitagawa
as Kiyomi
Haruko Tōgō
as Shizuko
Michino Yokoyama
as Miyuki
Hideko Takamine
as Keiko Yashiro
Keiko Awaji
as Yuri
Chikako Hosokawa
as Matsuko
Kyū Sazanka
as Bar Owner
Toki Shiozawa
as Hostess
Ayumi Sonoda
as Mitsuko
Reiko Dan
as Junko Inchihashi
Natsuko Kahara
as Fujie
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Goda
Jun Tatara
as Goldfish
Keiko Yanagawa
as Yukiko
Sadako Sawamura
as Toshiko
