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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs(1960)
Status: Released
Date: 1960-01-15
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113 Votes
Time: 1h 51m
Overview:
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.
Languages: Japanese.
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Japan
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Movie: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
Top 10 Billed Cast
高峰秀子
Keiko Yashiro
森雅之
Nobuhiko Fujisaki
団令子
Junko Inchihashi
仲代達矢
Kenichi Komatsu
加東大介
Matsukichi Sekine
二代目 中村鴈治郎
Goda
小沢栄太郎
Minobe
淡路恵子
Yuri
中北千枝子
Tomoko
多々良純
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