When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

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.

Country: Japan

Cast

Hideko Takamine

Masayuki Mori

Reiko Dan

Tatsuya Nakadai

Daisuke Katō

Ganjirō Nakamura II

Eitarō Ozawa

Keiko Awaji