When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
The tree sprouts no matter how strong the wind blows.
1960-01-15 | 111 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Hideko TakamineKeiko Yashiro
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Masayuki MoriNobuhiko Fujisaki
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Reiko DanJunko Inchihashi
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Tatsuya NakadaiKenichi Komatsu
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Daisuke KatōMatsukichi Sekine
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Ganjirō Nakamura IIGoda
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Eitarō OzawaMinobe
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Keiko AwajiYuri
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Chieko NakakitaTomoko
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Jun TataraGoldfish
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Yū FujikiMatsui
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Masao OdaYoshizo Yashiro
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Chikako HosokawaMatsuko
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Sadako SawamuraToshiko
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Kyū SazankaBar Owner
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Noriko SengokuFortune Teller
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Kin SugaiKatsuko
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Noriko HonmaMineko
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