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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Hideko Takamine, Masayuki Mori, Reiko Dan, Tatsuya Nakadai, Daisuke Katō, Ganjirō Nakamura II, Eitarō Ozawa, Keiko Awaji, Chieko Nakakita, Jun Tatara, Yū Fujiki, Masao Oda, Ken Mitsuda
Crew: Mikio Naruse (Director), Masao Tamai (Director of Photography), Satoru Chûko (Production Design), Hideko Takamine (Costume Design), Hisashi Shimonaga (Sound)