When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960)
Original title: 女が階段を上る時
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs is a 1960 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Mikio Naruse, with a running time of 1h 51m. It stars Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori and Reiko Dan.
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.
Where to watch When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Stream: Criterion Channel
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