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    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs 1960 POSTER

    When a Woman Ascends the Stairs

    1960

    Japanese

    8.0

    ♡ 18

    100%

    93%

    1950s

    Action

    Drama

    hostess

    shōwa era (1926-89)

    tokyo, japan

    widow

    Mikio Naruse Mikio Naruse Director Chikako Hosokawa Chikako Hosokawa as Masao Oda Masao Oda as Hideko Takamine Hideko Takamine as Keiko Yashiro Masayuki Mori Masayuki Mori as Nobuhiko Fujisaki
    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.
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