The Ladder of Success (1958)
A biting portrait of the world of classical Japanese dance: an ambitious young woman (Wakao Ayako) shoves aside her mentor (Kyo Machiko) on her way to the top.
Director: Kōzaburō Yoshimura
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Machiko Kyō as |
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Ayako Wakao as |
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Jun Negami as |
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Eiji Funakoshi as |
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Kenji Sugawara as |
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Michiko Ono as |
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Eijirō Yanagi as |
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Toranosuke Ogawa as |
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Chieko Naniwa as |
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Chikako Hosokawa as |
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Hiroko Machida as |
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Minosuke Bandō as |
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Yuko Yashio as |
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Noriko Hodaka as |
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Hiromi Ichida as |
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Satoko Minami as |
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Hisako Takihana as |
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Ryuichi Ishii as |
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Koichi Ito as |
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Koh Sugita as |
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Eigorō Onoe as |
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Miyako Tachibana as |
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Kaoru Shimizutani as |
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Hikaru Hoshi as |
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Manabu Morita as |
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Toshiko Kisaragi as |
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Yuriko Akashi as |
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Hiromi Nara as |
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Mariko Hara as |
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Ruriko Kimura as |
| Directing | Kōzaburō Yoshimura | Director |
| Sound | Sei Ikeno | Music |
| Production | Masaichi Nagata | Producer |
| Camera | Yoshihisa Nakagawa | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Kaneto Shindō | Writer |
| Art | Shigeo Mano | Art Direction |
| Lighting | Masazo Izumi | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Kunio Hashimoto | Sound |