When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

(1960)

★ 8 IMDb · 131 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1960

Runtime: 111 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 成瀬巳喜男

Cast: 高峰秀子, Масаюки Мори, 団令子, Тацуя Накадай, Дайскэ Като, 二代目 中村鴈治郎, 小沢栄太郎, 淡路恵子, 中北千枝子, 多々良純

Plot

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.