When a Woman Ascends the Stairs [女が階段を上る時]
- Release Year
- 1960
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama
- Directed By
- Mikio Naruse
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.
