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
Cast
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
Yū Fujiki
as Matsui
Masao Oda
as Yoshizo Yashiro
Chikako Hosokawa
as Matsuko
Sadako Sawamura
as Toshiko
Kyū Sazanka
as Bar Owner
Noriko Sengoku
as Fortune Teller
Kin Sugai
as Katsuko
Noriko Honma
as Mineko
Natsuko Kahara
as Fujie
Machiko Kitagawa
as Kiyomi
Takuzō Kumagai
as Bar Customer
Yutaka Sada
as Yoshikawa
Toki Shiozawa
as Hostess
Ayumi Sonoda
as Mitsuko
Yoshibumi Tajima
as Electric Company Director
Haruko Tōgō
as Shizuko
Keiko Yanagawa
as Yukiko
Michino Yokoyama
as Miyuki
Akiko Wakabayashi
as Hostess
