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WHEN A WOMAN ASCENDS THE STAIRS

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  • Wed, Jan 21

Director: Mikio Naruse Run Time: 111 min. Release Year: 1960 Language: Japanese

Starring: Daisuke Katō, Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai

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.

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