When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
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.
Directed by: Mikio Naruse
Top Billed Cast: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan
Runtime: 111 minutes
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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
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Ken Mitsuda
Sonoda
Chikako Hosokawa
Matsuko
Sadako Sawamura
Toshiko
Kyū Sazanka
Bar Owner
Noriko Sengoku
Fortune Teller
Kin Sugai
Katsuko
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Toshiko Higuchi
Hostess
Noriko Honma
Mineko
Natsuko Kahara
Fujie
Machiko Kitagawa
Kiyomi
Takuzō Kumagai
Bar Customer
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Fumie Noguchi
Natsuko
Yutaka Sada
Yoshikawa
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Akira Sera
Mizutani
Toki Shiozawa
Hostess
Ayumi Sonoda
Mitsuko
Yoshibumi Tajima
Electric Company Director
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Akira Tani
Real Estate Agent
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Mitsuo Tsuda
Bar Customer
Haruko Tōgō
Shizuko
Keiko Yanagawa
Yukiko
Michino Yokoyama
Miyuki
Akiko Wakabayashi
Hostess
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Rumi Konishi
