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.
Director(s)
Mikio Naruse
Sakae Hirosawa
Cast & crew
Akiko Wakabayashi
Hostess
Noriko Sengoku
Fortune Teller
Yutaka Sada
Yoshikawa
Noriko Honma
Mineko
Chieko Nakakita
Tomoko
Yoshibumi Tajima
Electric Company Director
Kyoko Mori
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Kin Sugai
Katsuko
Takuzō Kumagai
Bar Customer
Yū Fujiki
Matsui
Akira Tani
Real Estate Agent
Toki Shiozawa
Hostess
Mitsuo Tsuda
Bar Customer
Chikako Hosokawa
Matsuko
Michino Yokoyama
Miyuki
Tatsuya Nakadai
Kenichi Komatsu
Kyū Sazanka
Bar Owner
Masao Oda
Yoshizo Yashiro
Sadako Sawamura
Toshiko
Daisuke Katō
Matsukichi Sekine
Mikio Naruse
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Hideko Takamine
Keiko Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Reiko Dan
Junko Inchihashi
Ganjirō Nakamura II
Goda
Eitarō Ozawa
Minobe
Keiko Awaji
Yuri
Jun Tatara
Goldfish
Ken Mitsuda
Sonoda
Toshiko Higuchi
Hostess
Natsuko Kahara
Fujie
Machiko Kitagawa
Kiyomi
Fumie Noguchi
Natsuko
Akira Sera
Mizutani
Ayumi Sonoda
Mitsuko
Haruko Tōgō
Shizuko
Keiko Yanagawa
Yukiko
Rumi Konishi
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Sakae Hirosawa
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