When a Woman Ascends the Stairs
1960Keiko, 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.
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Hideko Takamine
as Keiko Yashiro
Masayuki Mori
as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
Reiko Dan
as Junko Inchihashi
Tatsuya Nakadai
as Kenichi Komatsu
Daisuke Katō
as Matsukichi Sekine
Ganjirō Nakamura II
as Goda
Eitarō Ozawa
as Minobe
Keiko Awaji
as Yuri
Chieko Nakakita
as Tomoko
Jun Tatara
as Goldfish
Yū Fujiki
as Matsui
Masao Oda
as Yoshizo Yashiro
Ken Mitsuda
as Sonoda
Chikako Hosokawa
as Matsuko
Sadako Sawamura
as Toshiko
Kyū Sazanka
as Bar Owner
Noriko Sengoku
as Fortune Teller
Kin Sugai
as Katsuko
Toshiko Higuchi
as Hostess
Noriko Honma
as Mineko
Natsuko Kahara
as Fujie
Machiko Kitagawa
as Kiyomi
Takuzō Kumagai
as Bar Customer
Fumie Noguchi
as Natsuko
Yutaka Sada
as Yoshikawa
Akira Sera
as Mizutani
Toki Shiozawa
as Hostess
Ayumi Sonoda
as Mitsuko
Yoshifumi Tajima
as Electric Company Director
Akira Tani
as Real Estate Agent
Mitsuo Tsuda
as Bar Customer
Haruko Tōgō
as Shizuko
Keiko Yanagawa
as Yukiko
Michino Yokoyama
as Miyuki
Akiko Wakabayashi
as Hostess
Rumi Konishi
Kyoko Mori