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.
Director:
Mikio Naruse
Writer:
Ryuzo Kikushima
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Hideko Takamine as Keiko Yashiro |
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Masayuki Mori as Nobuhiko Fujisaki |
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Reiko Dan as Junko Inchihashi |
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Tatsuya Nakadai as Kenichi Komatsu |
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Daisuke Katō as Matsukichi Sekine |
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Ganjirō Nakamura II as Goda |
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Eitarō Ozawa as Minobe |
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Keiko Awaji as Yuri |
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Chieko Nakakita as Tomoko |
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Jun Tatara as Goldfish |
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Yū Fujiki as Matsui |
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Masao Oda as Yoshizo Yashiro |
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Ken Mitsuda as Sonoda |
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Chikako Hosokawa as Matsuko |
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Sadako Sawamura as Toshiko |
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Kyū Sazanka as Bar Owner |
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Noriko Sengoku as Fortune Teller |
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Kin Sugai as Katsuko |
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Toshiko Higuchi as Hostess |
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Noriko Honma as Mineko |
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Natsuko Kahara as Fujie |
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Machiko Kitagawa as Kiyomi |
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Takuzō Kumagai as Bar Customer |
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Fumie Noguchi as Natsuko |
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Yutaka Sada as Yoshikawa |
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Akira Sera as Mizutani |
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Toki Shiozawa as Hostess |
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Ayumi Sonoda as Mitsuko |
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Yoshibumi Tajima as Electric Company Director |
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Akira Tani as Real Estate Agent |
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Mitsuo Tsuda as Bar Customer |
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Haruko Tōgō as Shizuko |
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Keiko Yanagawa as Yukiko |
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Michino Yokoyama as Miyuki |
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Akiko Wakabayashi as Hostess |
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Rumi Konishi as |
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Kyoko Mori as |
| Directing | Mikio Naruse | Director |
| Camera | Masao Tamai | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Sakae Hirosawa | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Eiji Ooi | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hideko Takamine | Costume Design |
| Sound | Masao Fujiyoshi | Sound |
| Production | Ryuzo Kikushima | Producer |
| Sound | Toshirō Mayuzumi | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Satoru Chūko | Production Design |
| Sound | Hisashi Shimonaga | Sound |
| Writing | Ryuzo Kikushima | Screenplay |
