When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Hideko Takamine

Keiko Yashiro

Age : 86 | Popularity : 6%

Masayuki Mori

Nobuhiko Fujisaki

Age : 62 | Popularity : 8%

Reiko Dan

Junko Inchihashi

Age : 68 | Popularity : 7%

Tatsuya Nakadai

Kenichi Komatsu

Age : 91 | Popularity : 9%

Daisuke Katō

Matsukichi Sekine

Age : 64 | Popularity : 8%

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Goda

Age : 81 | Popularity : 3%

Eitarō Ozawa

Minobe

Age : 79 | Popularity : 15%

Keiko Awaji

Yuri

Age : 80 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Camera	Director of Photography	Masao Tamai
Directing	Director	Mikio Naruse
	Assistant Director	Sakae Hirosawa
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Hideko Takamine
Editing	Editor	Eiji Ooi
Sound	Sound	Masao Fujiyoshi Hisashi Shimonaga
	Original Music Composer	Toshirō Mayuzumi
Art	Production Design	Satoru Chûko
Production	Producer	Ryūzō Kikushima
Writing	Screenplay	Ryūzō Kikushima
Department	Role	Name

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